My friends at Portland have apprised me that they have recommended me to fill the vacancy of District Attorney created by the decease of Silas Lee Esq.1

I am now Col. of the 21 Inf:—but so exclusively have I been devoted to public pursuits ever since I attained the age of 21; that I shall find it necessary to resign, on account of the emoluments not being adequate to my support, on a frontier where all the expences of living are enormously enhanced.

In case you think proper I should be glad to receive the appointment of Attorney for the District of Maine. For my qualifications for the Office I must beg leave to refer you to the members from that section of Country; to the Vice President; The Hon. Mr Varnum & Mr Cutts & Mr Bacon. They all have some personal acquaintance with me—and I shall be willing to rest my pretensions on their opinions. With most sincere respect I have the honor to be Yr Excellency’s obed & hble sert