[Private] Department of State June 10. 96. D^r Sir I inclose your letter to the President covering that of Mont-florence, whose handwriting we have in this office. He is the Chancellor to M^r Skipwith, the Consul Gen^l of the US. at Paris! & one of the clerks, [strikethrough: thinks] he once acted as Secretary to M^r Monroe! or was employed in copying his letters, some of which came to this office. So no doubt the anonymous letters have been written in concert. Sincerely yours T. Pickering The President wishes you to dine with him to-morrow [Saturday] at 3 o'clock. Capt. O'Brien is to dine with him James M^cHenry Esq.