It was fully my intention to have attended the meeting of the Legatees on the first of Novr in Alexa had I not been prevented by a violent attack of the Bilious fever which still keeps me in a very Ill state of health, & as I cannot see what use it would be for my attendance your having employed the prs Taylor, & Swan, to act for me at my request & through your desire, as well as with my own approbation; they will attend to the business fully which I hope you will be friendly enough to inform them of, & shd it be necessary for me to attend I hope you will in time

I have just received a Communication of the 4th Inst. from Messrs Thos Swan & R. I. Taylor of Alexa, stating that a Suit has been recently instituted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia by the Legatees against the Executors of the late Genl Washington. having for its Object not only a Settlement of the Executorial Accounts generally, but, also the Accounts of the Legatees individually with the Executors.

I was handed a letter by Mr Augt Fitzhugh a few weeks since addressed by yourself to him, & afterwards answered by me on the Admn.