I have recd. your letter of the 8th.1 expressing your solicitude concerning the debt of J. P. Todd, on which I am sorry it is not in my power to make any definite communication. His protracted absence leaves me without such a knowledge of the extent of his situation as might throw light on the suggestions suited to it. It is his wish I trust, to give to the transaction so unfortunate in its origin, and, I must add, not otherwise in its progress, the best issue of which it may now be susceptible; and this will certainly be promoted by whatever may depend on my counsel or influence. With friendly respects