At the moment of closing my dispatches, I received from an old and esteemed friend a letter of which the inclosed is a Copy.

You will be pleased not to memtion the name of the writer, unless you should deem it essential to the public’ Interest.

I am greatly embarrassed; but my best judgment will direct all my movements. What the issue may be God alone knows; all the assurance I can give you is that, I am prepared to lay down my life for my Country. Your faithful friend