1To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Crowninshield, Ebenezer Seaver, and Richard Cutts, 23 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Should you think it necessary to remove Mr. Hodge the surveyor for Newbury port Massachusetts, we beg leave to recommend Francis Carr Esqe as his successor.— We have reason to believe, from the best information we have been able to collect, that Mr. Hodge does not conduct himself in the most prudent manner. We have understood from good authority that he is a high party man, generally very...