After the return of Mr Lott to my fathers, Saturday, by flagg from New York; I had occasion to Go from home, whereto I did not return untill this morning on my coming home I was acquainted by my Mother & Sister, that he Mr Lott had previous to the officer waiting on him to examine the Contents of his Baggage, Conceald in a Closet, in the Room in which he was, a Hand[   ] containing as she then thought some Illicit Goods. after the officer sent by Major Furman had Compleated the search & Mr Lott delivd him some Letters[,] he took his leave, Mr Lott walked some distance—on which my Sisters propensity Led her to Examine the Contents of the Hand[   ] before my Mother, when they discovered the whole to be Letters seald—I thought it a duty Incumbent on me to acquaint you with the Circumstances as related to me, so that his Excellency might hear of his Conduct, particularly as I have the most direct accounts from the City of Mr Lott being very Intimate with Sir Guy Carleton—and a thought occurring that those Letters he Conceald were of such nature that he did not wish them to come under Head Quarters Examination.