I thank you for your kind note which I did not get until yesterday, until when I was in town, whither I have since returned, and finding Mr. Fletcher is to breakfast with you in the morning, I trouble him to hand you this, and to be the bearer of a line from you. It is likely I may remain in town throughout the week, and I will till I can see you certainly if you will intimate when and where we may meet. It shall be, if you please, at the Grasshopper. The house is shut up, but there I am, alone, in an upper chamber except when I am out among Trustees or their agents and lawyers. If you prefer the London Coffee House thither I will attend your bidding but not to dinner or to folio 385b see anyone but yourself. I shall be happy to avail myself of your friendship in the matter of the pamphlet, and I have so much recovered within the last month that I think I may be able to begin on it in a week or so. It seems to me that my daughters should not be the publishers, but, upon that, and the affair itself, I should like to talk with you. Can we breakfast together. R. F. tells me that Mr. Charles Childs is in town--my respects to him, if you please.
[Addressed:]
For:
Mr. John Childs Esq.