Philadelphia [undecipherable] Dear Sir. I wrote to the [undecipherable] the other day relative to my [undecipherable] of the office of Secretary of War, and gave him some [undecipherable] ideas connected with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I wished you to be informed of. As it is [undecipherable] however his [undecipherable] may have [undecipherable] him to a distance I [undecipherable] repeat the substance of my communication. It is now [undecipherable] to a certainty, that the antifederal ticket has [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of New York by a [undecipherable] majority. You [undecipherable] by this the influence [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] who have been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] (who [undecipherable] the electors of [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] President of the U.S.) [undecipherable] arising in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] over [undecipherable] [undecipherable], and men [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] have seen them here. It is also a problem, what kind, if any [undecipherable] [undecipherable] take place between the two parties in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on the subject of [undecipherable] election law, and if a [undecipherable] is agreed to, for whom the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] vote on the occasion. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] home, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] desirous of [undecipherable] and [undecipherable]. The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in a higher [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the Federalists from S. Ca[undecipherable] Do not think however that any mort[undecipherable] or anticipation of [undecipherable] dispositions or wants, influenced me to resign. [undecipherable] I assure you. I had with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] taken a [undecipherable] in Georgetown and made arrangements for the reception of my family. I will [undecipherable] to you [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. we have had for some time past a disjointed cabinet. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Mr. [undecipherable] and myself [undecipherable] decidedly [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that the mission to France might have been happily dispensed with; [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] the country then was, the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] think it [undecipherable] be [undecipherable], or [undecipherable] during [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the war in Europe between England and [undecipherable]; and that the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] gave us nothing [undecipherable] [undecipherable], [undecipherable] us [undecipherable] the spirit of [undecipherable] principles, and [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] and lost [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and the friendship of England. the President, [undecipherable] these considerations, or looking only [undecipherable] elections, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and could lie [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] who did not think [undecipherable] of his mission. Upon [undecipherable] [undecipherable] our friend [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as he did. From this [undecipherable] I began [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] set of principles were to be [undecipherable], and [undecipherable] acts of administration, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as [undecipherable], to be made subservient to electioneering purposes. Every day [undecipherable] his alarm and distrust of [undecipherable] gentle[undecipherable] near him who did not constantly feed him with news or hopes flattering to his election. In this temper of mind and [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of the elections, on New York [undecipherable] [undecipherable], [undecipherable] every man [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be decisive of his election, the federal members of Congress held a caucus as it is called, it [undecipherable] with the very few exceptions it was determined, [undecipherable] each [undecipherable] his State, [undecipherable] his best [undecipherable] to have [undecipherable] Adams and [undecipherable] run for President, without giving one a preference to the other. This [undecipherable] [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] height and [undecipherable] him [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the 5th most [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for one on his mind, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] times out [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] Washington had [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — I had [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] voted for him, [undecipherable] the [undecipherable], but had afterwards [undecipherable] him [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. I had [undecipherable] General Washington by [undecipherable] General Hamilton in his list for [undecipherable] General[undecipherable], before General [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and Pinckney. I had [undecipherable] General Washington [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to Congress. In short there was no bounds to his jealousy. I had [undecipherable] nothing [undecipherable]; every body blamed me and I must resign. I resigned the next morning to take [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] home. Mr. Pickering was [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a few days [undecipherable]. Mr. Wolcott [undecipherable] for a while only because the President [undecipherable] of derangement in the affairs of the Treasury. I [undecipherable], [undecipherable] he be elected (which is by no means [undecipherable]) [undecipherable] and Lee will be dismissed the moment he is [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from them him in his seat. I am [undecipherable] him, very sincerely & with [undecipherable] esteem and respect by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] James McHenry [Charles Carroll of Carrollton Sir]