.OTky.NjQyNjQ

knowledge of the facts, and I hope to hear from them very shorty. I shall not only prove what I have already stated, but I will also prove, that the letter said to have been written to me by Capt. Bowen, and now in the department of State, except the one written from Drummonds Bluff, which I never saw until published, are base forgeries. And strange as it may seem yet it is there, that the fabricator & forger of these letters received public countenance and support from the Governor. One of the persons whom the Governor has thought proper to summon before him has this moment called on me and has allowed me to take a copyof the summons, which is herewith enclosed for you perusal. I am, with high respect your very obed. serv't,

D.B. Mitchell

The Honorable, John C. Calhoun