Your Good Letter inclosed in the Official dispatches by the St. Michael Has Afforded me Great Comfort. No Balm Can Be Applied to a Suffering Heart More Soothing than the Sympathising Affection and Regrets of Such a friend as You—While I Have So often with Her Lamented the Loss of Your Happiness I did not foresee that Before Long I should Be Entitled to a Reciprocity of Your Condoling Pity—and Now, after Having Ever Cherished the Similarity of our Sentiments in the General Concerns of Mankind, I feel More and More Attached to You By the Similarity of our Condition in the deepest Concern that Can Affect Human Life.

I Had No Doubts on the Election of Your Successor—Yet am Much pleased with the prospect of its Being Almost if Not Wholly Unanimous. To the present and future president I offer the tender of the Most friendly and patriotic Wishes.

As to My Louisiana Affairs I should Have immense thanks to Make Was it Not Still More Urging to present Apologies. I Was Wrong and You are in the Right are the Words I Would Like to Have transmitted on the other Side of the Ocean Before You Receive My Letter of the 8h April and others to the Same purpose—Consider I Had Been Near twelve Months Without a Line from You or Mr. Duplantier on this Subject; pressed By the troublesome want of a Large Capital, Still more So By the Anxiety of Many friends About me, I thought it Best to Secure Pecuniary tranquillity and a Small increase Whatever of Revenue, Untill Your Last Letter Containing Accounts so satisfactory And facilitating Ressources so proper Has Restored me to a true sense of My interest. I immediately Came Here to Communicate it to Gal. Armstrong and Mr. Parker. in a few Days I Hope to be Able to write More fully, But Would Not Lose a Moment to Undo the Bad Effect that Might Result from My importunate Letter of the 8th. April and another which I think Goes By this Very Opportunity.

I Will not, in this Hasty Answer, dwell on the Unparalleled Circumstances of Your Kindness to me, Contenting Myself to Aknowledge them in My Heart with Adequate Gratitude. I am this Moment Setting out for Aulany Where Your Message for M. and Mde. de Tesse will be for me a Great Additional insurance of Welcome—My Children Request me to Mention their Affectionate and Grateful Respects—and so does M. de Tracy With Whom as Well as With me I am Sure You Condole the Loss of our Excellent friend Cabanis.

It does me Good, at all times, to Express to You My Affectionate Respect