I have received yours of the 22d. I know not why Mr. Joy should be desirous of his political essays in a Newspaper form. As he has them in the more convenient form of a pamphlet, his disappointment cannot be an afflicting one.

On looking into the Mass of my papers having relation to the long & interesting period through w[h]ich my public life extended, I have thought that I ought not to leave in a useless state, such of them as have preserved a more authentic, or a more exact account of certain important transactions and events than may exist elsewhere. My enquiries in particular quarters for a few explanatory documents probably led to the conjectures which found their way to the press. I have no reason to believe that taking them together they have made any public impression that requires a special notice: and it not being my wish that the subject should be prolonged or revived, especially where it would be most likely to excite attention, I do not avail myself of the offer you so kindly make of the Intelligencer for contradicting any erroneous suggestions which may have been published. With much esteem and friendly wishes