
          will not be well to rely on
it until you have the commission
in your possession

Perhaps you may feel some
what unpleasant with reference
to the application of Mr Kent.
If you do so I will write to
him and state the facts of the
case: viz that your letter declining
the appointment and recommending
him did not reach
Washington until after I had
nominated you and had
left the city for the week - that
at the solicitation of your friends
in consideration of the wants
of your family you had consented
to accept the appointment. 
        