Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1803 (Abstract)
§ Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson
10 May 1803. Directs JM to issue commissions to Samuel Ward of Massachusetts to be naval officer for Salem, Massachusetts; Samuel Osgood of New York to be naval officer for the district of New York; Jeremiah Bennett, Jr., of New Jersey to be collector of customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Bridgeton, New Jersey; and George House of Connecticut to be master of a revenue cutter.
RC (MH); FC (DLC: Jefferson Papers). RC 1 p. Check marks have been placed to the left of each name on the RC. Ward’s, Osgood’s, and Bennett’s appointments were approved by the Senate on 15 and 18 Nov. 1803 (House to JM, 3 May 1801 ( , 1:141 and n.).
, 1:455, 456). For George House, see