To Thomas Jefferson from Abraham Baldwin, 10 December 1802
From Abraham Baldwin
Decr 10th 1802
Abr Baldwin presents his respects to the President of the United States. I have consulted Genl. Merriwether on the subject of your note of yesterday: the persons recommended by Genl Jackson to be commissioners of Bankruptcy for Savannah are not particularly known to us: Mr Bullock has been Attorney General of the State, and Mr Williamson has been member of the General Assembly, we know of no objection to their being appointed
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR); addresssed: “Thomas Jefferson President of the United States.”
Newly elected congressman David Meriwether (merriwether) had taken his seat in the House of Representatives on 6 Dec. ( ).
note of yesterday: a letter from TJ to Baldwin of 9 Dec. has not been found, nor is one recorded in SJL.