Having been here two weeks, very diligently employed in taking a general survey of the papers, I am happy to inform you, that my expectations in regard to their extent and value are fully realized.

I write merely to remind you, that I shall be prepared to visit Mount Vernon in the first week of March, and propose to spend about three months in close application of examining the papers.

I recd yesterday an answer from the Chief Justice to the letter I wrote to him on the same day that mine to you bore date.

Before I left Boston I received your favor of the 24th. Novr stating that you had under consideration my proposal respecting the papers of General Washington, and that you had written to Chief Justice Marshall on the subject.

Your letter of the 12th Sept. came to my hand sometime during the present month in consequence of my long absence from home; & being one of a large bundle of letters which had been accumulating, it has only been perused within the last hour.… Continue Reading To Jared Sparks, 24 Nov. 1826

Your favor of March 13th, declining to aid me in a publication of General Washington's Works, was duly received.

Your letter of the 26th January was handed me by Mr Justice Story, and I owe you an apology for the delay which has taken place in answering it.

You may perhaps recollect, that nearly two years ago I wrote you concerning a design, which a friend of mine then had, of publishing an edition of "General Washington's Works." As he did not carry his purpose into execution, I wa… Continue Reading From Jared Sparks, 16 Jan. 1826

It is with sincere regret, that I learn from you that it is not possible to supply me with any particulars, respecting the early life of Genl Washington.

In beginning to examine the papers in detail, I find great inconvenience in consulting the letters received by Gen. Washington.