Nov: 30[th]
     ''[Private]''-confidential []

My dear Alex:
   Vanness & Kelly ([James],
passed [thro] [Tues] day [left] [yesterday]
& Vanness informd me that Kelly
had [told] him, on [learning] [himself]
from [their] [old]man , that you had
offered to ''bribe'' him [to] [resign]
& that he had [written] [social]
[letters] to Crittenden & [there] [on]
[This] [] it.  I [quickly] [addressd]
a letter to Hoffman & [receivd]
his [offer] this morning, [denying]
[in] [take], all.  He [reports] your 
conduct as by no means improper
& [takes] the [vigil] [formed].  ''[Say]''
''[nothing] [to] [him].''
     [This] was done ''intentionally''
by Vanness.  You can guess his

Nov: 30[th]
     ''Private''-confidential []
My dear Alex:
     Vanness & Kelly ([James],
passed thru [Tues] day left [yesterday]
& Vanness informd me that Kelly
had [told] him, or [learning] [dually]
from Hoffman, that you had
offered to ''bribe'' him to [resign]
& that he had [written] []
letters to Crittenden & [] on 
this subject.  I [quickly] addressd
a letter to Hoffman & receivd
his reply this morning, denying
in toto, all.  He reports your
conduct as by no means improper
& [taking] the [right] [].  ''Say''
''nothing to him.''
     This was done ''intentionally''
by Vanness.  You can guess his

his views.  ''I am [deceived] [in] him''
''I fear'' as a ''man of honor''.  Or else
[Shuler] [] Kely has [deceivd]
him, which is [certainly] [].
     I [put] [] a [] of
facts.  It is for this reason
that [no] [fear] [is] [] is
[buried] I do not wish
matters [passed].
     []
     Ro: Tyler

A. Gardiner Eq

What a [damnd] [lot] of [scoundrels]
[] [me] to deal with.  I []
[] in [] [sometimes]

Alexander Gardiner Eq
No 43
Lafayette Place
New York City
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