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To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 16 October 1802

From Albert Gallatin

Oct. 16th 1802

Dear Sir

I enclose a letter of Capn. Crowningshield recommending the removal of the Surveyor of Gloucester. The new collector’s (Gibaut) letter making a similar representation was sent to you some days ago.

with respect & attachment Your obedt. Servt.

Albert Gallatin

The sickness & absence of the principal accounting clerk of this office (Mr Sheldon) has prevented my transmitting the weekly return of Warrants.

A. G.

RC (DLC); addressed: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the Treasury Department on 16 Oct. and “removal of Surveyor of Gloster.” Enclosure not found.

Samuel Whittemore, a Harvard graduate and Federalist, had served as SURVEYOR OF GLOUCESTER since 1789. He was removed in 1803 (Washington, Papers, Pres. Ser description begins W. W. Abbot, Dorothy Twohig, Philander D. Chase, Theodore J. Crackel, and others, eds., The Papers of George Washington, 1983– , 55 vols.  Colonial Ser., 10 vols.  Confederation Ser., 6 vols.  Pres. Ser., 15 vols.  Retirement Ser., 4 vols.  Rev. War Ser., 20 vols. description ends ., 5:196n; JEP description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States . . . to the Termination of the Nineteenth Congress, Washington, D.C., 1828, 3 vols. description ends , 1:9, 12; Vol. 33:673).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 16 October 1802
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    16 October 1802

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 16 October 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-38-02-0467. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 38, 1 July–12 November 1802, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, p. 501.]

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