Permit me to take the liberty to inform you, that my commission, as Marshal of the Pennsylvania District will expire on the 25th. instant.

It is my Wish to be honored with a reappointment; and I rely upon your goodness, to introduce the Subject to the President, in the most favorable manner.1

My official conduct has, I believe, obtained an approbation of the Bench, the Bar, and the Suitors, of the Federal Courts, as nearly approaching to unanimity, as could reasonably be expected: Personal feeling, and party prejudice, may, perhaps, discover, or create, objections, but, be assured, Sir, that upon the test of my own Conscience also I have acted a diligent, faithful, and impartial, part.

I am aware that the unfortunate collision of Politics in our State, has produced new Combinations, and New interests. But I beg you to understand, explicitly, that the principles and pursuits, which recommended me, at first, to the favor of the President, are without change in Motive, and in object. I am the inflexible friend of the Republican cause, and the Republican Administration, of 1801. Accept, Sir, my most cordial wishes for your health & happiness. I am With High Consideration your Obedient Servant,