Being told that I am supposed, by many, to be the author of a piece
signed “Theodore,” which appeared in your last, under the title of “THE
RENCOUNTER;” I hereby inform them that I had no hand either directly or
indirectly therein. Far be it from me to wish to expose the failings of
_any_ of my fellow creatures; and much more so of those for whom I
entertain no small degree of esteem.