From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 28 May 1796

To the United States Senate

United States May 28th 1796.

Gentlemen of the Senate,

I nominate,

Ebenezer Tucker, of New Jersey, to be Collector and Inspector of the Revenue for the District of Little Egg harbour in that State.

Roger Boyce, of Maryland, to be collector and Inspector of the Revenue for the district of Havre de Grace, in Maryland.1

Asa Andrews, of Massachusetts, to be collector and Inspector of the Revenue for the District of Ipswich in Massachusetts.2

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LS, DNA: RG 46, entry 52; copy, DLC:GW.

The Senate received these nominations on this date and approved them on 30 May (Senate Executive Journal, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: From the commencement of the First, to the termination of the Nineteenth Congress. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., 1828. description ends 212–13).

1. Roger Boyce (d. 1811) continued as collector until his death.

2. Asa Andrews (1762–1856), a graduate of Harvard College, was removed from this post in 1829.

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Title: From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 28 May 1796
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: United States Senate
Date: 28 May 1796

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Cite as: “From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 28 May 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0142. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 202.]

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