is, I hope, by this time in the hands of the
bookseller at Philadelphia, so that you will soon, if my
directions have been attended to, receive a copy of the work which
I have the honour to dedicate to you.

With the greatest respect and attachment, I am

Dear Sir,
Yours sincerely,
J. PRIESTLEY.

Dear Sir,

I take the liberty to send you _a second defence of my pamphlet
about Socrates_, on the 16th page of which you will find that I
have undertaken the task you were pleased to recommend to me. On
giving more attention to it, I found, as the fox did with respect
to the lion, that my apprehensions entirely vanished. Indeed, I
have already accomplished a considerable part of the work, and in
about a year from this time I hope to finish the whole, provided
my health, which is very precarious, be continued in the state in
which it now is. I directed a copy of the _tract on phlogiston_
to be sent to you from Philadelphia, and I shall order another,
which, together with the inclosed papers, I shall be much obliged
to you if you will convey to. Mr. Livingston. Please also to cast
an eye over them yourself; and if you can with propriety promote
my interest by any representation of yours, I am confident you
will do it.

When you wrote to me at the commencement of your administration,
you said "the only dark speck in our horizon is in Louisiana." By
your excellent conduct it is now the brightest we have to look to.

Mr. Vaughan having applied to me for a copy of my Harmony of the
Evangelists, which was not to be had in Philadelphia, and
intimated that it was for you, my son, whose copy is more perfect
than mine, begs the honour of your acceptance of it, as a mark of
his high esteem, in which he has the hearty concurrence of

Dear Sir,
Yours sincerely,
J. PRIESTLEY.

Northumberland Dec. 12, 1803.

His European correspondents were informed that he was much engaged with
religious matters. While his theological views were not received very
graciously yet he found

some young men of a serious and inquisitive turn, who read my
works, and are confirmed Unitarians.

In one of his communication