r letters
which I have, are several from "George Clymer," (whom you
mention in your note,) which hit the nail on the head.

Will you permit me the liberty of suggesting a continuance of
your vigorous editorials upon Stephen Girard? The word
"finessed" in my last, your compositor has transformed into
_finified_.

Respectfully &c.,
VALLEY FORGE.
Sept. 25, 1842.

REUBEN M. WHITNEY, Esq., Dear Sir,--I am afraid that, in
copying Sergt. Kemp's first letter, I have made an error of
date, on which account I am glad my communication has not
appeared to-day, as it gives me an opportunity of correction.
I am anxious to avoid even the slightest mistake in my
communications. The letter is dated "June 23rd, 1778." I am
not certain that I did not so transcribe it; but if I did not,
be good enough to make the correction. I particularly wish you
would _italicise_ my interrogatory to Reed relative to his
grandfather's correspondence with General Wayne. There is a
_point_ in it which _he_ will fully understand, and which will
give him more uneasiness than all else. I intend reserving my
extracts from that correspondence for the very last.

Respectfully, &c.
VALLEY FORGE.
Sept. 27, 1842.

R. M. WHITNEY, Esq.,--Dear Sir--I am provoked to find that,
upon comparing my copy of Col. Smith's letter to Col. ----,
with the original, that I have made another error! I hope this
will reach you in time for its correction. Speaking of his
visit to Gen. Washington at Mount Vernon and _Washington_, it
should be, and _Philadelphia_.

Respectfully, &c.,
VALLEY FORGE.
Sept. 28, 1842.

R. M. WHITNEY,--Dear Sir--I have been absent for a day or two
from the city, and did not receive your note until to-day. I
enclose a note for publication--oblige me by letting it appear
to-morrow. I cannot imagine how so stupid an error could have
occured as the erroneous date of Kemp's discharge by Gen.
Washington. But the error almost corrects itself--as Kemp's
letter of July 2d, speaks of the battle of Monmouth on the
28th. I do not know whether the blun