From James Madison to the Senate, 2 February 1816
To the Senate
Feby 2d. 1816.
I nominate,
John Page Junr, of New Hampshire to be principal assessor of the 5th Collection District of the same state in the place of Abel Merrile, resigned.
William Tolley, of New York to be principal assessor of the 27th Collection district of the same state in the place of Andrew Backus, removed out of the District.
William Roberts, of Maryland, to be principal assessor of the 2d Collection district of the same state in the place of William Dickinson, resigned.
James Madison
RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate confirmed the nominations of Page and Roberts on 15 Feb. 1816 and postponed the nomination of Tolley (
3:30–31, 37).