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McQueen McIntosh to Alexander J. Dallas, 15 April 1816

From McQueen McIntosh to Alexander J. Dallas

Darien Geo. 15th. April 1816

Sir

The office of Surveyor of the port of Darien by the late resignation of Thomas McCall Esquire has become Vacant. I am desirous of obtaining this appointment and being Under the impression that the Nomination to it is Made by yourself I take the liberty of soliciting your assistance in the accomplishment of this Wish.1 Not having the honor of an acquaintance with You, as a Testimonial in My favour I herewith transmit a recommendation Signed by the most respectable Inhabitants of this Community. Your attention as Early as Convenient to this business Will be greatfully Acknowledged by him who has the Honor to subscribe himself with the highest respect Your Most Obdt.

Mc,Queen Mc,Intosh

RC (DNA: RG 59, Acceptances, 1813–20). Docketed by Dallas as “Respectfully submitted to the President” on 11 May 1816, with JM’s note “The appt. approved.” Filed with the RC is a one-page testimonial on McIntosh’s behalf, signed by fourteen inhabitants of Darien, Georgia.

1. McIntosh received an interim appointment to the vacancy, which was considered and confirmed by the Senate between 16 and 21 Jan. 1817 (Senate Exec. Proceedings, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends 3:70–72).

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    “McQueen McIntosh to Alexander J. Dallas, 15 April 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0392. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, pp. 382–383.]