To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 9 March 1804
From Albert Gallatin
[9 Mch. 1804]
The propriety of appointing Tucker Howland Keeper of the light house near Georgetown S. Car. is respectfully submitted—He had been recommended by Stevens the Superintendt. of light houses
A. G.
The enclosed letter to Mr Huger must, I presume, be returned.
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR); undated, but see enclosure; written on address sheet of the enclosure; endorsed by TJ: “Howland Tucker. to be Keepr. Lt. H. Geo.T. S.C. mr Huger’s lre to mr Gallatin.” Enclosure: Benjamin Huger to Gallatin, at the “Capitol,” 9 Mch. 1804, enclosing a letter, now missing, “from an old & very respectable Inhabitant of Georgetown,” who endorses Captain Tucker Howland as a proper character to be appointed keeper of the Georgetown lighthouse (RC in same).