Page [1] view page image Washington City D.C. March 22d 1848A [Adam] Ferguson [Fergusson] Esqr [Adam]
I recd [received] your letter a few days ago & the contents was read with a great deal of pleasure I would have answered your letter sooner but I have been waiting for the Senate to adjourn & the Crowd disperce [disperse] and I could have a chance to see Mr Polk s Cabinet & there write you an old fashioned letter &c [et cetera]_ but I have been unable to do this as yet but will be able in a few days I could give you now a description of the Inauguration &c but this I know you have seen in your (globe papers) Mr Polks Administration will be a very mild one & I think a very popular one at Least it will be so with the whig party. So fare [far] as office [unclear: holders ] are concerned write to me & give me the news your srt [servant] GC Matlock
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Adam Ferguson [Fergusson] Esqr Carthage Smith County Tennessee via Nashville
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