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New York May 28^th/63

 

Jas C Fulton Esq

                       

Dear Sir

Your letter of the 27^th is received

 

I regarded our conversation as entirely a private one, brought on in consequence of the note of introduction you brought to me from Judge Blair. I had no idea of talking for the public nor that our interview should lead to any letters for publication

 

Your letter as a general thing expresses my views, which you have made in some cases subtler things & wider than I intended, & in others less so.

 

But, for reasons which I need not explain, I have made it a rule to avoid writing letters for publication & have sought to remain as quiet as possible, and  I do not feel that the time has yet arrived for me to depart from my custom, and I therefore request that my conversation may not be regarded as a subject for publication

With many thanks for your good opinion & kind feeling I am very sincerely your friend

                                                                                                           

Geo B McClellan

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