Abstract
Since the publication of Albert J. Beveridge's four-volume biography of John Marshall, few unused letters by the famous jurist have been uncovered. This is particularly true of those containing Marshall's views on American politics. One such letter of Marshall's, presenting his reactions to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney concerning the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, was published as late as i948.1 Recently nine unpublished letters have come to light: four written to Secretary of State Timothy Pickering while Marshall served on the mission which resulted in the XYZ Affair, and five written between i8oo and i8o8 to Pinckney, whom Marshall had come to admire during their joint mission abroad.2 The letters from Europe afford the reader nothing that is new with regard to the internal affairs of France, but they do give insight into Marshall's mind. We see him anxious not to prejudge and not to interfere with the domestic difficulties of this wonderful people. We see him fore-
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