I enclose Van pradelle’s application for the office of Register of the land office of New Orleans. I think for that office his claim the best as he is commissioner which is a temporary appointment & has been faithful. Mr. Robertson who has already a permanent office, might be then appointed commissioner.

Two applications for the Baltimore collectorship are enclosed. Brice the deputy collector is a federalist. I believe that the two first applicants are John Montgomery member of Congress & James H. M’Cullough a member of the State Senate—

Respectfully Your obedt. Sert.