_Philadelphia_, ----.
_Dear Sir_,--I have just received your letter of the ----, in which
you complain of my neglect in not replying to your favors of the ----
of the ---- and of the ---- ult. I do assure you, sir, that the
letters have never come {212} to hand. If you will be so good as to
repeat their contents, it will give me great pleasure to answer them,
each and all. The Post Office is in a very bad condition.
Yours respectfully,
[Illustration: Mathew Carey]