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I have recd. your letter on the subject of your account with the U.S. and asking whether there was not some mistake in the circumstance noted by Mr. Crowninshield the then Secretary of the Navy, that the Commission on your disbursements was limited to 3 perCt. by my particular direction. I have no particular recollection of what passed with Mr. C. on that occasion. That he received the...
I have received your letter of Decr. 29. on the present posture of your accts. with the U.S. With a sincere sy[m]pathy with your situation & every just wish in your behalf, I find it impossible to take with propriety the step you request. And I can not doubt that your final reflections will lead to the same view of the matter. I can only therefore refer to the tenor of my former letter with a...