I received, by the Schooner Franklin, from Dodge & Oxnard, of Marseiles, five cases & one cask of wine, which I have shipped, on board the Schooner Virginia, to the care of Col. B. Peyton in Richmond.

The expenses have been as follows.

Enclosed is a letter from the shippers in France, & the invoice.

I hope my father will be able to make you a visit, while he is in Washington, which he contemplated doing, with much pleasure—previous to his departure?

I am very happy to perceive, from your report to the Legislature of Virginia, that the university, which you have so honorably labored to establish, will soon be in operation;—a glorious monument of the munificence of the state & of your real & distinguished efforts for the progress & diffusion of intelligence—the foundation of our free institutions, & the soul of liberty.