University of Virginia Library

TO JAMES MONROE.

Dear Sir,—I have two letters from you not yet acknowledged,
one of the 1st. the other of the 3d. inst:
nothing could be more distressing than the issue of

the business stated in the latter.[78] If the affirmative
vote of 7 States sd. be pursued it will add the insult
of trick to the injury of the thing itself. Our
prospect here makes no amends for what is done with
you. Delaware N. J. & Va. alone are on the ground,
two Commissrs attend from N. Y. & one from Pa. Unless
the sudden attendance of a much more respectable
number takes place it is proposed to break up the
Meeting, with a recom̃endation of another time &
place, & an intimation of the expediency of extending
the plan to other defects of the Confederation. In
case of a speedy dispersion I shall find it requisite to
ride back as far as Philada. before I proceed to Virga.
from which place, if not from this, I will let you know
the upshot here. I have heard that Col. Grayson
was stopped at Trenton by indisposition on his way
to the Assembly of Pena. I hope he is well again, &
wd write to him but know not whither to address a
letter to him.[79]