Expresses his thanks for the "plan of the Santee Canal" and requests more information on Ft. Johnston, S.C. Also regrets DeSaussure's departure from the U.S. mint. With integral address leaf; written over the address: The President Nov. 1st 1795. Original to be preserved carefully by my family. Henry Wm. DeSaussure Aug. 1822. Watermark: George Washington. T. Gravell, American watermarks, 722-723) Gift of Dr. Henry William De Saussure, 29 July 1954. For details, see case file 1955.526, assigned to another manuscript probably acquired as part of the same gift.