Your letters of the 1st. 2d. & 5th. are recieved. I am really afraid to move the Supreme court from the room they at present occupy, altho’ it be but an indifferent one. public bodies of high standing would expect the respect of being at least consulted, & not to be removed from their quarters but on high & imperious considerations. by leaving them in their quarters too, we have the question as to the present location of the library insulated & distinct. the only reason for thinking of setting up the book shelves in the corner room above is to avoid the expence of having to remove them from their proper room should it be necessary for the Senate to occupy that room the session after next. but in the 1st. place it is not certain the Senate will consent to give up their present room. I hope they will, & that a proper appropriation will be made. 2. if this takes place, the probability is that the two houses will consent to nothing more than vaulting the floor of the N. Wing, making a floor for the Senate in the level of their present gallery, and heightening & decorating the room. now, as the external roof will be finished this summer, I should suppose it very practicable to do the work above specified between session & session of Congress, so that the new room would be ready for the session after next. I did not think I percieved any disposition in the members to go into the general alterations in the interior of that wing which had been proposed. on the whole I think it more prudent to set up the library in it’s proper room, & to risk the having to remove it, rather than act on a presumption that the houses will authorize the general alteration so as to oblige the Senate to occupy the library for one session. I shall be in Washington the 3d. of October. I salute you with esteem & respect.