I recd yesterday a letter from our friend Mrs Blodget, in which she requests me to address you upon the subject of the office she is most anxious to procure for Mr Smith, her nephew, and Son in law, and to ask your patronage and assistance to promote her wishes.

     Mr Justice Washington presents his very sincere thanks to Mr Livingston for his “system of penal laws for the state of Louisiana” which he anticipates great satisfaction, and, he hopes, improvement, in perusing.