_Washington，Jan。29，1804_
DEARSIR，——YourfavorofDecember12camedulytohand，asdidthe2’d。lettertoDoctorLinn，andthetreatiseofPhlogiston，forwhichIprayyoutoacceptmythanks。ThecopyforMr。
Livingstonhasbeendelivered，togetherwithyourlettertohim，toMr。Harvie，mysecretary，whodepartsinadayortwoforParis，&
willdeliverthemhimselftoMr。Livingston，whoseattentiontoyourmattercannotbedoubted。IhavealsotoaddmythankstoMr。
Priestley，yourson，forthecopyofyourHarmony，whichIhavegonethroughwithgreatsatisfaction。ItisthefirstIhavebeenabletomeetwith，whichisclearofthoselongrepetitionsofthesametransaction，asifitwereadifferentonebecauserelatedwithsomedifferentcircumstances。