I received yours of the 9. Inst. covering Mr. Egans letter, & the accompanying recommendations of him, for Mr. Longs Chair. As I shall have no opportunity of placing these papers in the hands of our Colleagues but through the post, which I agree with you might be hazardous, I shall take the safer course of placing them in the custody of the Secretary to the Board of Visitors, at my next visit to Charlottesville.

I wrote you soon after my late return from Richmond1—and omitted to advert to one of the subjects you referr’d to us in Richmond. You will be at no loss to know, I mean, the proposal of the Faculty to shorten the term of the Chairmans Office. Both our Colleagues disapproved the proposition—and I agree with them. For my own part, I have become more confirmed in my former opinion by this proceeding of the Faculty, that we shall be finally obliged to give them a permanent head. I am, Dear Sir, yours with high regard & Esteem