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for many years in Succession----presidents---
Secretaries----Congress all used him ill!---and
oh how earnestly did I wish he could have been indepen-
dent of them all---but being involved in pecuniary
Difficulties which tied him to the place, and as some authors
justly says no man that is in debt is a freeman, so
he could not have the proud Satisfaction of throwing
up a Situation so unworthy( in point of compensation)
of his Education, talents and knowledge.
He had the privilege of Franking allowed by Congress
thro' the representation of W McClean postmaster Gen.
some months previous ot his decease.
He was enthusiastically attached to Gen Washington
and had he lived longer, I have no doubt would have been
better used, as Ge. W. attached a proper value to his
qualifications, and as Mr Jefferson says in his Character of
Gen W in a letter dated Jan 2nd 1874 to Dr Walter Jones "His
heart was not warm in its affections; but he exactly calu-
lated every man's value and gave him a solid esteem propor-
tioned to it." therefore his esteem and respect were of high
price and invaluable.