I trouble you with another letter to Genl. Cocke, for reasons which I need not repeat. Be so good as to look at Mr. Jeff——n’s instructions to Mr. Gilmer, and observe whether they do not suggest a better explanation than is given in the letter to Mr. Gallatin of the terms he is to hold out, as inviting a successor to Mr. Key, and if so, drop me a line, unless you favour us with a more agreeable mode of giving the information. Affectionate respects

Can you readily see whether an advertisement1 ever issued inviting applications for professorships before the University was supplied. If there ever was, the papers left by the Rector probably contain the original draft which it may be well to look at.