1From Thomas Jefferson to Tarleton Bates, [23?] February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Born in Goochland County, Virginia, Tarleton Bates (1775–1806) moved to Pittsburgh in 1793. He worked in the quartermaster’s department of the army, then in 1801 became a clerk in the office of the county prothonotary. Allying himself in business and politics... ...Frederick, who had established himself as a merchant at Detroit. Tarleton Bates, who was prothonotary at the time of his death, died...