I have just recd. your letter of the 23 June1— I am sorry I have troubled Mills by Dunning him— Uncle Peter desired me to write to those to whom I had put out money for him, & from whom Interest was due— Finding from my Accounts that Mills had not paid the Interest to me, & not knowing that he had paid it (as must be the Case) at Rye, I wrote to him.

The Effect the War will have on our politicks is more uncertain than I supposed. It is very certain that the great Majority of this Place are in their hearts utterly opposed to it. But there is an unaccountable Timidity among the Federalists which stops their Mouths & makes them assent to the Doctrine that every Patriot must now support the Government— That we must support our Country & its Constitution is most true, but that we are bound to support or to slacken our Efforts against the a weak & wicked Administration because they have another folly & crime to their former list I cannot understand. The Madisonians know how to take advantage of our hesitation.2 You will see that they have pulled down the house of a federal printer at Baltimore for daring to write against the War. They called a meeting here the Day before yesterday & passed Resolutions which they had the Impudence to publish as the Sense of the City. I saw the Meeting in which Boys & all there were not five hundred.

With Respect to Congress I suspect the District Bill will render a reelection impossible.

The Partition Deed is engrossing. How shall I send it up?

I think this War places Mr Clarke in an unpleasant Situation. The treaty which alone protected him before is now out of the Way. The Merchants are delighted with the tenth Article of your treaty which prohibits Sequestration of Debts in time of war. G[rea]t. Britain is now by a singular Change of Circumstances our Debtor to the Amount of very many Millions.

I fear I shall not be able to proceed in the Fisher Suits—3 The Court will hardly allow ^us^ to issue writs of possession in a Case where it appears by the Record that the Pl[ainti]ffs. are alien enemies— We are all well. My Love to William & Sally— I am my dear father Your Affectionate Son