The president will be so good to pardon the Liberty I take in recommending to his consideration, William H Dorsey Esq of George Town as a proper Character to supply the Vacancy in the Circuit Court of this District occasioned by the Resignation of Mr Kilty—

I Know Mr Dorsey well, I have been intimately acquainted with him for five and Twenty Years,—I know him to be a Man of Honor and Integrety, and Whilst he was in the Practice of Law in Maryland, tho a Young Man, he was considered a sound Lawyer—I have a pretty general Acquaintance with the people of this District, and believe Mr Dorsey would be acceptable to them very generally—

With high Respect I am Sir Yr Most Obdt. Servt