As the representatives of the Illinois branch of the Whig family at Washington, I take the liberty to call your attention to the application of our mutual friend Alfred Cowles Esq.[Esquire] for the office of Register of the Land office at this place.

I need not say to you, for you are well aware of the fact, that M^r C. is fully competent to perform the duties of the office– and that his unblemished character & standing in the state will justify the new administration in making the appointment– but it is proper for me to say, that this appointment is here almost unanimously conceeded to M^r C. by the Whigs of Chicago– I am certain that it would be a popular appointment.

Independant of other considerations, M^r C.s age, and the dependant state of his family, give him strong claims to the sympathy of his Whig friends– His best days, as you well know, have been spent in the advocacy of correct & sound principles– and in the decline of life, this reward for faithful services, will be as grateful to his feelings, as merited by his past efforts for the success of our cause.2