with pleasure I take this oppertunity to inform you that I am in good helth, Hooping these fiew lines may finde you injoying the same blessing— I have nothing of importence to inform you of at the preasentt time, Only I have¹ not yet got that mony you sente me and I have received your letter which gave me grate Satdisfaction to heare from you.

I have not heard from you since your letter informing me that you had discharged your juries in Philadelphia, & cannot help being a little apprehensive that your health is not so firm as I could wish it to be. I hope my fears will soon be removed.

I presume you are now at Mount Vernon & I hope in better health than when I heard from you in Philadelphia.

     The anxiety for the publication of the decisions prior to my reports has induced me to undertake the same, provided a sufficient number of subscribers can be obtained to pay the Expenses of printing— I have therefore prepared the prospectus which I send to you & which I hope you will approve of.

     I wrote you in the month of March but hearing you were then from home, I again take up my pen to inform you of my unhappy and deplorable situation which has distroyed my health (not having necessary Clothing and nourishing food I have not a second suit and some times we have nothing but indian meal, that is enough to distroy the strongest constitution) it is my wish to try and get necessary Clothing to go to the Country untill it is in Fathers power to suport us comfortably I do not wish expensive apparel I merely want enough to be neat in, you must excuse the liberty as I could not th

In the Account of the Executors of Genl Washington against Capt. George S. Washington which was enclosed to me, I find the following charges. viz.:

     I am instructed by the Committee of Arrangements to inform you, that the next annual meeting of the American Bible Society will take place in this City, on the second Thursday in May ensuing. In the name of the Committee & of the Managers, I have the honour to request your attendance on that interesting occasion, if not in too great a degree inconvenient to you.

Last Monday was the commencement of my stated February session. It was also the day to which the Circuit Court stood ajourned. All the Lawyers concerned in the Penn. causes were engaged in the State Courts. I sent Mr Caldwell to inquire if they had anything to do in the Circuit Court; & particularly in the Case of Conn. & Penn.

     On receipt of your Last letter I wrote to Mr Doddridge requesting to know at what time & place I could see him, when I would attend with the papers for his inspection, that he might make up his mind whether he would engage as counsel in our suit.

     As soon as I hear from him I shall attend to the business.

Your letter of 3d inst. has just come to hand. Enclosed are copies of Tomlinson's bill & Cresap's Decree nisi. The copy of George Cox's deposition in Cresap's case is mislaid & I cannot at this moment lay my hand on it. You have seen it. Tomlinsons deposition however contains all the material testimony of the other; and perhaps the substance of all that can be exhibited. Mark Hardin's deposition has I suppose been taken in Kentucky & John Jeremiah Jacobs's in Oldtown; but no copy of either has yet been received by me.

I was extremely sorry to learn from your last that you were again indisposed. This has been generally the most sickly season I have ever known, but I will hope that the frosts have had a favourable influence on your health as they have had on that of most others. You were certainly right to return, and I hope your endeavours to meet your brethren in February will succeed.

    At the time I received yours by Mr Archd McClean, and untill within a few days, <mutilated> was so afflicted with an injured knee, leg<mutilated> uncle, that I realy do not recollect wheth<er> I wrote you or not.

    My relation, Mr John Lewis, who represents this County in the Virginia Assembly, has promised to take charge of this letter, & forward it from Richmond by some private conveyance if it can be sent with.

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 avail myself of this oppertunity to say that I have missed my chills and improving fast. Mary the Children and myself ride out to day the weather is fine I saw West from Mt Vernon this morning he says that the people are improving and things going on well his health is greatly improved all freinds are well the Corn is healthy Miss Mary Mundeville is much better Mr Thomas Crawford was in Town on Saturday he said that his friends were in good health I recently heard from Jefferson all hearty there Mary and the children unite in love to Mrs W. & yourself they are very healthy.

I returned from the upper country too late to answer your letter of the 29th of August previous to your providing on your circuit.

The copies which I mentioned to you may be carried to Washington in Feb. when they may be placed with the others which I shall endeavour to carry with me. Meanwhile I shall try to arrange them as we both think most advisable. It cannot be made complete but I shall endeavour so far to complete it as to free it from any striking impropriety.

    I have put off answering your letter of the 30th ulto till now because at the time I received it I could have given you no information concerning your affairs that would have afforded you pleasure. I am happy, now to state, that all your people at Union farm are well, your Rye sound, and we are having complete shelters made in the manner you directed. The ten bushels of timothy seed from Fauquire, which Major Innes procured for you, have been received and will be taken care of.

This is to inform your Honour that I am now living in this County near the great road leading from Lexington to the mouth of Hickman Creek. That I am happily rescued from the clutches of Davis & his wife, and that they are justly hanged for their crime in stealing me away, and cutting open my head. The wound which I received in the head and arm are healed and I am at this time fat and well and weigh 164 lbs. Remember me to my mother Sisters and brothers, and send for me as soon as possible, that I may come and receive the money & negroes which you have for me.

Soon after receiving the box containing the correspondence copied at this place I commenced a careful reperusal of it & have just finished that part which concerns the old war of 1754. I find that the last letter is dated the 25th of July 1758 & consequently breaks off in the midst of the interesting transactions which preceded the capture of fort Du Quêsne. Before I made this discovery I had packed up all the books & sent them to you so that it is not in my power to supply this chasm. The last letter is to Colo.

I have received the box of letters by the steam boat.

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 received your letter expressing your wish to know the principle decided in the case of the Bank of the U.S. v Dandridge’s securities. The case will be carried before the Supreme court & I am very glad of it, as the law on the subject ought to be settled.

The court which has just terminated has furnished some business for your Honors at Washington. I have had some new & intricate questions on one of which, that goes up to the Supreme court, I decided on reflection differently from my first impression.¹ That judgement will probably be reversed.

I did not receive your letter of the 22d. till yesterday.

I recollect but very indistinctly to have seen among the papers of Genl. Washington a letter from some foreigner respecting lands or to have seen Genl. Washingtons answer to the letter I forget which. I am now much occupied in court, &, when the term is over, will examine for the letter.

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.