Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas, 28 September 1815 (Abstract)
Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas, 28 September 1815 (Abstract)
§ Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas. 28 September 1815, Treasury Department, Revenue Office. “Benjamin Butler, Keeper of the Light House at Clarks Point, having Resigned, David Wilber, appears from the enclosed letter, to be properly qualified as his successor.”
RC (DNA: RG 26, Light House Service Correspondence). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Smith. Cover sheet bears Dallas’s 7 Oct. 1815 note: “Respectfully submitted to the President,” and JM’s undated reply: “The appointment of D. Wilber approved.” Enclosure not found.