PS: I attended the late General Peter Muhlenberg in his last illness.2 During my Attendance upon him he informed me that while the funding System was the Subject of discussion by Congress, a Gentleman came to his lodgings and offered him two hundred thousand dollars upon a Credit of a whole year at ten Shillings in the pound upon his single note without an endorser. He instantly rejected the offer. Before the year expired, he added that the funded Certificates sold at 25 shillings in the pound. This I recollect was the case. I wish this fact may be preserved with the history of that most flagitious Act of national Swindling. It was the prolific Source of all the Vices that have been introduced into our country by Banks, and lotteries and land Speculations. In short it was a national precedent, for private injustice. It was a bold and profligate violation of the first words in the Constitution of the United states which was “to establish justice.” Cooled and indifferent as I have been for many years to public objects and events, I cannot think for a moment of that Act of national robbery without feeling the same indignation which I expressed to you in my letters while the Act was under litigation.3 All this is inter nos. The communications from Genl. Muhlenberg may be mentioned, but without my name.