4777. LIVINGSTON (Robert R.), Chancellor.—
A part of your [letter] gave me that
kind of concern which I fear I am destined
often to meet. Men possessing minds of the
first order, and who have had opportunities of
being known, and of acquiring the general confidence,
do not abound in any country beyond
the wants of the country. In your case, however,
it is a subject of regret rather than of
complaint, as you are in fact serving the public
in a very important station. [311]
—
To Robert R. Livingston.
Ford ed., vii, 492.
(W.
Feb. 1801)
