, so that for the last hour of these gentlemen's speaking,
they must have had the lungs of a vendue-master to have been heard.
Livingston, however, attempted to speak. But after a few sentences, the
speaker called him to order, and told him what he was saying was not to
the question. It was impossible to proceed. The question was taken
and carried in favor of the report, fifty-two to forty-eight; the real
strength of the two parties is fifty-six to fifty. But two of the
latter have not attended this session. I send you the report of their
committee. I still expect to leave this on the 1st, and be with you on
the 7th of March. But it is possible I may not set out till the 4th, and
then shall not be with you till the 10th. Affectionately adieu.
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER CCLII.--TO T. LOMAX, March 12, 1799
TO T. LOMAX.
Monticello, March 12, 1799.
Dear Sir,
Your welcome favor of last month came to my hands in Philadelphia. So
long a time has elapsed since we have been separated by events, that
it was like a letter from the dead, and recalled to my memory very dear
recollections. My subsequent journey through life has offered nothing
which, in comparison with those, is not cheerless and dreary. It is a
rich comfort sometimes to look back on them.
I take the liberty of enclosing a letter to Mr.
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