Letter from Charles Fox, St. Anne's Hill, to Serj. Adair, 1793 June 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

Expressing his gratitude for the public testimony to his conduct; saying "In difficult cases it is not unusual to enquire what others have done or said in like circumstances but, in my situation this resource is denied me for where am I to look for an instance of such a proof of publick esteem as that which is offer'd to me? To receive at once from the public, such a testimony to the disinterestedness of my conduct, and such a reward as the most interested would think their lives well spent in obtaining, is a rare instance of felicity, which seems to have been reserved for me - It would be gross affectation, if in my circumstances I were to pretend, that what is intended for me is not, in itself, of the highest value. But it is with perfect sincerity that I declare, that in no other manner in which a fortune could have come to me, would have been so highly gratifying to every feeling of my heart. I accept therefore, with the most sincere gratitude, kindness of the publick; & consider it as an additional obligation upon me, if any were wanting, to continue steady to the principles which I have uniformly professed, & to deserve in that honest & independent line of conduct to which alone I am conscious that I am indebted for this, as well as for every other mark of public approbation - I hope I need not add my dear Sir, that I could not have received this honorable message through a more acceptable channel."