John Leonard Esqr. has arriv’d and as it appears to be the Wish of the president that he should take charge of the Consulate I offer’d it to him the moment of his arrival and have aided him in being Rec’d here.

I have private information that he is authoriz’d to arrest me as soon as he takes the office which will be on Monday. This I must submit to as to all other Evils. My fate is peculiarly hard to be accus’d of acting against the interest of my Country, when next to my God I have loved it and had I served him as faithfully and Zealously as I have my Country I could meet him without the Conciousness of a Crime againt him. But notwithstanding the great prejudice rais’d against me, I trust I shall Make my innocence appear on tryal. If I cannot I shall suffe⟨r⟩ as a child suffers under the hand of a Mistaken parent. But I trust that I shall make my inocence clear. And if the place of Consul here is no⟨t⟩ filled by the Appointment of a Consul I hope to be again replaced ⟨here⟩ as it will be very interesting to m⟨e⟩ according to my present arrangeme⟨nts.⟩ But this must be left to the pre⟨sident⟩ to determine.

I shall send on my General a⟨ccts. soon⟩ and draw for the Amount a⟨nd⟩ reserve the draft untill My arriva⟨l⟩ at Washington. I am Sir With Respectf⟨ul⟩ Esteem Your Hbl Svt.