"I am certainly not insensible of the public honors conferred on me, but if I know myself I place a much higher value on the consciousness of having faithfully discharged my duty to the country. "With great respect 66 "I am &c &c "J. C. CALHOUN, "Hon. R. Easton." In our sketch of Colonel Rufus Easton's life the reader will find three letters from Colonel Aaron Burr to Easton, two from Gideon Granger, one from President Jefferson, and one from DeWitt Clinton. The fac-similes of three are given. As these letters have never before been published, they will be read with considerable interest. |