Th: Jefferson presents his respectful salutation's to Judge Washington and incloses him a package which came to Th: J. in a very voluminous mail. opening the letters hastily & without always reading the superscription, he had opened this and read some lines in M. de la Fayette's letter before he discovered it not to be meant for him. looking at the cover & finding his mistake he instantly re-incloses it with an assurance on his honor that he did not see a word beyond the 4th or 5th line in La Fayette's letter and not one in the other.