- Keene Newton
- Hodgson William B.
- Whittlesey Elisha
- Wick and Leslie
- Chisholm A. D.
- Morsell R. I.
- Cutts Richard
- Cutts Richard jun
r - Mary E. E. Cutts
Breakfasted this morning at Mr Edmund Jenning’s Lee’s, His
wife—a younger Son, and Mr Morsell a student at the
theological episcopal seminary, and son of judge Morsell of the Circuit Court of the District were
the only persons present— Before breakfast the family worship was
performed which consisted in the reading of the 125th. psalm, and a short prayer, all the
family kneeling, by Mr Morsell— Mr Lee informed me that he had some very
interesting manuscript papers of his brother Charles Lee, Attorney General U.S. during the
administration of my father,
respecting the trials of John Fries
for Treason; and also Letters from John
Marshall during his mission to France; and he promised to
communicate them to me. Mr Hallowell had urged me to
let them take me back to Washington in the Carriage, but I preferred to
return in the Steamboat, to which Mr Lee
accompanied me, and which lef the wharf at 9 O’Clock— There were not
more than 8 passengers, two of whom were women— Among them was an old
Gentleman named Newton Keene;
heretofore an Officer of the Marine Corps, who told me that he had been
in command at Boston, from 1802 to 1805. and had afterwards resigned his
commission— And that he had been appointed by me a magistrate for the
County of Alexandria; and still held the same Office— He was coming upon
some business at the general Post-Office; and asked me if I could direct
him to the house of Mr Richard Cutts—which I did, passing by it on my
way home— We reached the landing below the bridge about a quarter before
10. and I had barely reached my chamber, when Mr
Hodgson came in, and represented his wishes to return to
Constantinople whence Commodore
Porter extruded him— I should think it better to retain
him as translating Clerk in the Department. A. D. Chisholm came again and has written to me again
about his preposterous claim— He writes and talks so as to leave me in
doubt whether he is a lunatic or an imposter. I intreated him never to
write to me or to call upon me again— Mr Whittlesey visited me
with two of his friends from the State of Ohio, whom he introduced to
me, but whose names I lost— Mr Richard I. Morsell came and
paid me 250 dollars in Virginia Bills, and asked indulgence till the
1st. of May, to pay 50 dollars more— By
our agreement he should have paid me 300 in specie— I gave him a receipt
for what he paid me now, giving my consent to wait till the 1st. of May for the remaining 50 dollars and
marking that all future payments are to be in Specie or its equivalent.
Mr R. Cutts, his Son and daughter were here this eve.