A long absence from home, and long indisposition since my return, and present feeble condition must apologise for this late and short acknolegement of your favor of Aug. 3. I have abandoned all attention to the editions of the Notes on Virginia since the first Paris & Lon[d]on editions. both of those were very correct; but I have but a single copy of each which I could not spare; nor would my age or present habits of life permit me to undertake a revisal of the work or to offer any additions or alterations. such changes have taken place since the first publication, as make the revisal a work of much labor & enquiry. Accept the assurance of my respect.