Presidential candidates Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, have an equal number or votes, and thus the House or Representatives must decide the issue; Marshall aces not care which way the election goes, but "witnesses the anxiety of parties;" suspects the contest will be decided by South Carolina; even it Jefferson wins, Burr probably "will not surrender...all his pretensions to the office;" is chagrined by the late Federalist defeat and blames unfaithful men like Mr. Marston or Rhode Island who threw away their votes, as attributed in the letters to General Alexander Hamilton's pamphlet; the treaty with France is before the Senate; Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth has resigned and Mr. John Jay has been nominated in his place; looks forward to returning to Richmond in March and leaving behind forever his political career. Original is located in the Pinkney Family Papers, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.