Mr Gardner, who has been owing me money for some time has offered me an order upon you for the amount which I accept without difficulty, & non mention it, not with a view of asking payment, but for the purpose of notice to you. You will consult your own convenience as to time. Will you have the goodness to send me your account for bricks & glass furnished, charging the former at $6 the price at which I purchased a large quantity in Alexa—Gardner's order is for $130.55.

It is all important to me that you should give every attention to Collins’ suit before you leave town & that I should hear from you without delay the final result of your endeavors— I have your ltr by return of my express with a notice that on the second day of the July court which is next tuesday a motion will be made agst me in consequence of the office judgmt.

     I have within the course of 3 weeks past finished a hot house the body of brick & covered with wood within a few feet of the Green house & quarters insured in the mutual insurance Office, the Size 32 feet long & 16 wide. It has Just occurred to me that possibly this circumstance ought to be reported to the office, that in case any additional premium on the property already insured should be thereby demandable, or may be paid.

     I return you my best acknowledgments for the three Speeches which you were so good as to enclose me some days ago. I have read them with great pleasure, and shall preserve them not only for the sake of the strong arguments, but for the valuable statements which they contain. I am very anxious to see the debates which took place upon Mr Giles' bill which I am surprised to hear has passed your house without any alteration of consequence in the 5th 9th & 11 Sections. Surely it will not, with all its present imperfections, pass into a law.

I have now the honor to enclose C.L. Wagnes draft on Mr Ezra Sargent for $500 at Sixty days sight which was protested for none payment the 15 Inst Charged 2 50/100 I remain very respectfully Dr Sir your Obdt Servt

This will be handed you either by Mr Dupont or Mr Banduy, who are manufacturers of gunpowder on Brandywine. The object of the visit which one or the other of those gentlemen purpose making to your part of the Country is to procure a supply of Saltpetre for their works, and understanding that you make considerable quantities of this article they will certainly call upon you.

     Your Letter of the 20th anticipated one which I had intended to address to you on the same Subject. I have been a good deal surprised that so little has been said upon it in the federal prints, and concluded either that the success of the measure was too generally doubted by the well informed men of the federal party to induce them to make the experiment, or that it was deemed unwise to stir in the business until the public Sentiment could be more certainly ascertained.

     Your letter of the 9th I recd a day or two ago. From one recd from Mr Hopkins I have no doubt that the mony was paid to the Cashier of the Company & when he comes up which I expect w[i]ll be by the time I return from Jefferson (say 10, or 12 days) I will get the cashiers rect & forward it to you. If from any circumstance it has not been paid, I will immediately after knowing this to be the case, remit the mony in some safe way, or procure a draft on yr town.

I have recd your favour of the 8th instant with C.P. Waynes draft on Ezra Sergeant for 500 Dollars which was presented and noted for Non acceptance the 13th instant if not paid at maturity, it will be regularly protested & transmitted to you. I remain with perfect Respect Dr Sir your most obedt Servt

THE President of the United States Military Philosophical Society, has requested me to communicate to the several Members, the following extract from their minutes.

     "At a stated meeting held at West Point, on the first Monday in May, 1808, the President submitted to the consideration of the Society, the state of their finances.

I have the honor of aknowledging your favour of the 28th of April with a Bill drawn by C.P. Wayne on Mr Ezra Sergeant of this city, for five Hundred Dollars, which has been accepted payable July 1st & 3rd next, the proceeds of which I shall hold Subject to your disposal. I have the honour to be with the highest Esteem Dr Sir your Obt Servt

     I take the liberty to enclose you a bill at 60 days drawn by C. P. Wayne of this city on Ezra Sargeant of New York for $500. which you will much oblige me by having presented to the drawee. Should it be accepted, you will please recieve the money at maturity for my account; if refused, I will thank you to return it under protest to the drawer. I must beg the favour of a letter addressed to me at Mount Vernon informing me of its fate. With very great regard I am dear Sir sincerely & respectfully yrs

I will thank you to send me the answer I drew to the bill in chancery brought agt Ashton & us, as I wish to alter it so as to state the accounts of the legatees, more specially in order to draw from the Court the principle on which all the accounts shall be settled.

There being now in this City a considerable number of the Members of the United States Military Philosophical Society, I think it my duty in conformity to the 3d Section of the 4th Chapter of the Constitution, to call an occasional meeting to be held at the first apartment on the right hand in the War Office, on Saturday 30 Inst.² for the purpose of stating to the members, who have not hitherto had an opportunity of meeting the Society, the motives which gave rise to the institution, its object, progress, and present state, together with an account of such commu

     I yesterday saw Mr Lewis and found that by a strange mistake, Hicks bonds had not been taken to you, but to the heirs of Fielding Lewis. When I was urged by Mr Lewis in August to allow Robt Lewis to settle with the heirs of F.L. and to assign the debt from Hicks to you, I refused, not thinking ourselves at liberty to force the exchange upon you. But as I was clear that it would be to your advantage to accede to the proposal, I promised to write to you on the subject & to state my opinion.

I recollect with shame how long you have been in advance for the wine you were so good as to import for me. On my return from the Northward in July, I was informed by Mr Forest of its arrival, & I then requested him to procure from you an account of its cost & to enclose it to me that it might be immediately paid. This however, from some course or other, was not done, and my subsequent absence from home, together with the sickness & deaths in our family have hitherto prevented me from writing to you on the subject.

Since my return from Phila. I had the honour to receive your letter of the 25th Oct. together with the box containing the medals sent to your care by Mr Eccleston. In a few days I shall be favoured with a safe conveyance to the chief Justice of the one intended for him. I am sir very respectfully yr mo. ob. servt

ON the other side is a copy of the Constitution of the United States Military Philosophical Society, which has undergone some amendments, found essential in practice: you will discover them by comparing this copy with that sent to you with the notice of your election. William Popham, Esq. Treasurer of the Society, will receive all communications during the winter, (there being then no stated meetings,) in conformity to the second article of the fourth chapter.

     I recieved, the day before yesterday, a small box addressed to me, on opening which, I found in it letters from mr Eccleston of Lancaster England, for yourself, Judge Marshall & myself. the one to me informed me that the box contained a medal of Genl Washington for each of us, and the one under cover to me being uppermost, I took it out, without disturbing the package of what remained in the box. mr Chevallié passing on yesterday evening, I got him to take charge of the box (which I nailed again) and to deposit it with mr Gadsden Alexa. subject to your order.

I recd your letter dated the 8th of March Ulto but which appears from the Post Stamp to have been put in the Office the 17th of July, the first day of this month and should have answered it before this time had I not been owing to sickness in my family The Commissioners of the Revd in this and Kanawha Counties, had their books made acct before your letter Came to hand but in this County where the greater number of tracts lie I have got the Comr to charge them at the latter part of the books out of their Alphabetical order and have requested the Comr of Kanawha to do the sa

     The motive which induced me to postpone f<or> so long a time an answer to your favor of the 5th of March, will I hope be accepted as a sufficient Apology for the delay.

I have recd your favour of the 17th and with pleasure communicate any information which I possess, which may be useful to Mr Davis.

     Mr Davis, the district Attorney of Kentucky, and a brother in law of Chief Justice Marshall, wishes to remove to this City with professional views, provided the information he has requested of me should not render such a plan unadvisable.

Not being at home when your Letter arrived will be a sufficient apology for my not answering it sooner, in the buisiness of McClaines Land I fully authorise you to Act as you may think best with which I will be satisfied. I am respectfully your Obt Sv.

     I wished very much to have called at Rock hill yesterday, but Mrs Washingtons' anxiety to see her sister & our apprehension that it would be too late after a regular dinner to get to Greenwood, induced us to stop at Crawfurds whilst an early cut was provided for us, immediately after which we left Georgetown and with difficulty got here before night.