Francis W. Gilmer to John Randolph
| Dear Sir. | Cambridge June 22d 1824. |
I [went] yesterday to the house of Commons, returned late, hungry & fatigued, and never heard of your note without date, ’till this morning, on the instant of my departure. I had locked up the paper in my trunk, & English coaches no more than tides, wait for any one. I will keep it with the vigilance of a dragon, for farther orders; nor, will I mention it to any one. Pray do not consider of the matter so deeply; my young friend T. L. if he mentioned it, I vouch for him, never did it in the spirit, nor with the motive one would suppose, from the tenor of this Standing Printer’s diatribe. I doubt if T. L. ever mentioned it to him, but he has perhaps heard it after going thro’ half a dozen mouths. They put every thing you & Mr Jefn (a curious conjunction you may think) say, in the papers, I have therefore been always cautious, as to you both, in repeating what you say.
I have seen no one yet, having just arrived. I wish I could have seen you about the books: it was impossible—adieu