Discusses legal matters; remarks regarding a disclosure in Burr's last
letter: "I shall enjoy much more ease & more independence then than
now & propose to myself a more chearful life."
Complains about delay in receiving letters; instructs him to tell a woman not to give up possession of anything; [postscript]: suggests that he use darker ink when writing "for the reading costs me too much."; Partly illegible
Expresses regret about the fate of [John?] Archer; comments that
[Rufus] King's bill "is certainly a little a la Washington"; mentions that
his own movements will be determined by the arrival of letters from
Washington, D.C.; [postscript]: "I could prove in any court of law that
that signature is a forgery."
Discusses forwarding letters to Burr's "Jersey Correspondents" by the
safest means; mentions his own ill health and that he remains at
Middletown "for the Convenience of bathing"; informs him that Burr has
left the army and expresses a desire to settle accounts; mentions malice
aimed at Wadsworth and remarks: "Conscious Innocence will generally
secure a Man from the Mortifications of Calumny but the same Course
will also make him more sensible of, and more justly incensed at, the
Injury offered him"; inquires about "the petty politicks of our friends."
