4.  

The Secretary adding; the communications of

course will be without M^r Treats [sic] signature, and

I shall receive them as from M^r Pakenham, etc. etc.

Notwithstanding all this, the Secretary retained

my letter, duly signed by me and officially

addressed to him as Secy of State; and on yesterday

I handed M^r Pakenham my Exposition, (essentially

a copy of that sent you under date of 7^th inst,

an exact copy of which I will send you in

a few days) but, that the Secretary should have

no pretext for returning it, either, before or

after personal perusal it was thought best that

it should not be addressed officially to him,

nor should it bear any signature at all.  

M^r P. would present it yesterday, or to-day,

and we agreed that he should (the Secretary) be

be [sic] allowed some days for its examination and

translation before we again approached him

on the subject, as it was desirable that it should

[be] laid before the President & cabinet and have

their consideration and deliberation.  

M^r P. thought [it] best to sherr [share] this Expose to the

Secretary for the Home department, a man of

intelligence and influence with the President,

before handing it to the Secretary of State.

I shall not see M^r P. until tomorrow to

know what if any thing the Secretary may have

said on its delivery. I take it for granted it will

be received, but what effect it may produce, time must show[.]