Mr Jefferson is at a loss to discover what could have proceeded from him to Mr Ellicott that should have occasioned any discontent in the mind of the latter with the Commissioners;--and having shewn me the _only_ letter which (he says) he has written to him for many months I see nothing there on which to found the conjecture contained in the latter part of your letter of the 8th of February. As I do not take the George Town paper, and have seen no extracts from it in any others, I do not know to what it is you allude--in your letter of the 8 & 18 inst which came to hand a few days ago.--Mr Ellicot has never come near me since his return to the City:--no explanation therefore on this--the case of Mr Young, or any other subject has taken place between us. With respect to Mr Young’s renewed application for a change towards the point, &c. I scarcely know what answer to make at this time.--A change in one instance will, I am certain, open a wide door which could not easily be shut. Therefore before I could consent even to take the matter into consideration it would be necessary to have an accurate plan of the parts, delineated upon paper, with the alterations he proposes; and to have the Commissioners’ opinion of the consequences result’g from the adoption of it, in writing; for unless there are some powerful reasons for discrimination, it would be bad policy to comply with the request of one of the Proprietors, and reject the application of another. It is possible, & not improbable that I may be at George Town on my way to Mount Vernon, about the first of April; when, if every thing was prepared for it, I might on the spot be better able to give an opinion. But, as Mr Young is in the occupancy of the whole, I see no cause for hasty decision which may create (if an alteration should take place) discontents in other quarters.--No letter to me, has been received from him yet. With very great esteem & regard I am, Dear Sir Your most obed’t & affec’t Serv’t Gᵒ WASHINGTON. LETTER OF JOSEPH TRUMBULL (SON OF “BROTHER JONATHAN”) TO CHRISTOPHER VARICK, DEPUTY MUSTER-MASTER GEN’L FOR NORTHERN DEP’T., AT ALBANY, N. Y. (Joseph Trumbull, 1737-1778, was Commissary General, 1775-1777, when he resigned and died in the following year, worn out by his labors in the public service). TY (TICONDEROGA) 3rd _November_, 1776 Dear Sir,