James Madison Papers

Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas, 2 May 1816 (Abstract)

Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas, 2 May 1816 (Abstract)

§ From Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas. 2 May 1816. “Thomas Hanna, Keeper of the Light House on Boon Island, having signified his determination to resign; Eliphalet Grover 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. Submitted to JM by Dallas on 4 May; bears JM’s note: “Appt. approved.”

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