RC (DLC: Washington Papers, Applications for Office); 1 p.; unaddressed; endorsed by TJ as received 6 Apr. 1790 and so recorded in SJL.

The following letters pertain to recommendations for positions in the Department of State: (1) Zachariah Burnley to TJ, 28 Feb. 1790, recommending the appointment to a Department of State clerkship of his son, who was about 23 years of age, had been “bound” to Hollingsworth & Johnson of Richmond, and was currently living in New York with Colonel William Davies, “who I think is Imployed by Congress to settle the Accounts betwixt the diferent States” (RC in DLC: Washington Papers, Applications for Office; addressed: “To the Honourl. Thomas Jefferson Esqr.”; endorsed by TJ as received 28 Feb. 1790 and so recorded in SJL). (2) Arthur Greer to TJ, Reading, 16 Mch. 1792, requesting confirmation that a State Department clerkship had become vacant and offering to come to Philadelphia with the best recommendations (RC in same; at foot of text: “The Honorable Thomas Jefferson Esquire”; endorsed by TJ as received 19 Mch. 1792 and so recorded in SJL). (3) Elias Boudinot to TJ, 31 Mch. 1792, recommending, with reference to the same opening, a 25-year-old son of “one of the Judges of our Supr. Court” (RC in DNA: RG 59, LAR; dated “Saturday afternoon”; addressed: “The Honble Mr Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 31 Mch. 1792, a Saturday, and so recorded in SJL, where it is mistakenly listed as a 30 Mch. 1792 letter). None of these letters accomplished their objectives.