“I have been much occupied officially and by domestic occurrences, I ought to have written to you without delay, not to send to me the biographical sketch of my deeply lamented friend, Palmer.
“I now return it, not being at liberty to alter or to add to it. I understand some friend of the family has the subject in contemplation. I cannot, therefore, say anything to Colonel or Captain Palmer respecting it.
“I lived thirty-five years in the most affectionate intercourse with this excellent man, whose like I shall never look upon again. I was not aware of the early circumstances of his life, which you have stated.*
