macrary: probably Joseph McCreery (Macrery) of Delaware, who had been recommended to TJ in 1802 for appointment to the marine hospital at New Orleans. Upon receiving his commission, he was ordered to Washington in the Mississippi Territory, where he resigned in October 1803 (Heitman, Dictionary description begins Francis B. Heitman, comp., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1903, 2 vols. description ends , 1:661; Dearborn to McCreery, 19 May, 7 Nov. 1803, in DNA: RG 107, LSMA; Vol. 37:247–9, 350–1).