I recd your favor under cover from Mr Ross by the last post. Upon an application made sometime ago to the Gentleman who had the care of Mr Campbells papers for those which belong to you, he informed me that he had recieved them in a state of such disorder that until they were arranged he could not s[ay] with certainty whether yours were amongst [th]em or not. so far as his examination had g[o]t, he had not discovered them. He promised to get them into order as soon [as] his professional engagements would pe[rmit].