My dear Martha--Yours of May 27th came to hand on the very day of my last to you, but after it was gone off. That of June 11th was received yesterday. Both made us happy in informing us you were all well. The rebuke to Maria produced the inclosed letter. The time of my departure for Monticello is not yet known. I shall, within a week from this time, send off my stores as usual, that they may arrive before me. So that, should any wagons be going down from the neighborhood, it would be well to desire them to call on Mr. Brown in order to take up the stores should they be arrived. I suspect, by the account you give me of your garden, that you mean a surprise, as good singers always preface their performances by complaints of cold, hoarseness, etc. Maria is still with me. I am endeavoring to find a good lady to put her with, if possible. If not, I shall send her to Mrs. Brodeaux, as the last shift. Old Mrs. Hopkinson is living in town, but does not keep house. I am in hopes you have visited young Mrs. Lewis, and borne with the old one, so as to keep on visiting terms. Sacrifices and suppression of feeling in this way cost much less pain than open separation. The former are soon over; the latter haunt the peace of every day of one's life, be that ever so long. Adieu, my dear, with my best affections to Mr. Randolph. Anne enjoys them without valuing them. TH. JEFFERSON. CHAPTER XII. Anonymous Attacks on Jefferson.--Washington's Letter to him.--His Reply.--Letter to Edmund Randolph.--Returns to Philadelphia.--Washington urges him to remain in his Cabinet.-- Letters to his Daughter.--To his Son-in-law.--To his Brother-in-law.--Sends his Resignation to the President.-- Fever in Philadelphia.--Weariness of Public Life.--Letters to his Daughters.--To Mrs. Church.--To his Daughter.--Visits Monticello.-- Returns to Philadelphia.--Letter to Madison.-- To Mrs. Church.--To his Daughters.--Interview with Genet.-- Letter to Washington.--His Reply.--Jefferson returns to Monticello.--State of his Affairs, and Extent of his Possessions.--Letter to Washington.--To Mr. Adams.--Washington attempts to get Jefferson back in his Cabinet.--Letter to Edmund Randolph, declining.--Pleasures of his Life at Monticello.--Letter to Madison.--To Giles.--To Rutledge.--To young Lafayette. In a letter which Jefferson wrote to Edmund Randolph (September 17th, 1792) while on a visit to Monticello, he thus alludes to an anonymous newspaper attack on himself: _To Edmund Randolph._