From James Madison to the Senate, 20 December 1816
To the Senate
December 20th. 1816
I nominate,
Joseph H. Hawkins, to be surveyor of the Port of New-Orleans, & also inspector of the Revenue for the same port, in the place of Thomas, L. Butler, resigned.
Jesse Nettles Junior, of South Carolina, to be collector of the direct tax and Internal duties for the 8th Collection district of the Same State, in the place of Thomas H. Lane resigned.
Ebenezer S. Rees, of Georgia, now principal assessor, to be collector of the direct tax and Internal duties for the 1st. collection district of the Same State, in the place of John Stevens, resigned.
James Madison
RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A2). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate postponed the nomination of Hawkins on 23 Dec. 1816 and confirmed Nettles and Rees on 27 Dec. 1816 (, 3:63, 67).