Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Lee Shippen

I find by your last that you had not received my last, when yours was written - In mine I had given you a precise statement of the business relative to the Seat of Government - It is an affair in which I have been so much agitated & so often disappointed by the very extraordinary detours of the friends to this place, that the very thought of it realy sickens me, and I now write on the subject merely to oblige you - And now I can only say that my best belief is, that we shall be chained here for a great length of time - The present 1uestion is, whether we shall adjourn to Baltimore - but this, like the rest, will, I think terminate in staying here, which God in his infinite mercy forbid - Give my love to my much esteemed friend your father and say that I have presented his order to Mr. Wincoob who promises to consider of it & thinks he will provide the money before we adjourn, which seems now to promise not to be before September - The present great dispute is, whether the debts of the United States shall be funded at 4 or at 6 per Cent - The former is your friends opinion, & there is some reason to think it will prevail. My love to my friends with you and be assured that I am

Richard Henry Lee