RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Th. Jefferson Esqr.”; endorsed by TJ as received 1 Jan. 1801 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: probably Burr’s letter of 23 Dec.

William Mayne Duncanson, a friend of Thomas Law and a former business associate of James Greenleaf, had lost a substantial investment in land development in the federal district. Early in TJ’s presidency, Duncanson sought appointment as marshal of the district—without success, despite support from Stevens Thomson Mason. Acknowledging Duncanson’s loyalty to the Republican cause, in 1807 TJ thought that events in the failed speculator’s past, his irritable nature, and perhaps too close an affiliation with Burr hurt his chances for even a modest government position (Allen C. Clark, “William Mayne Duncanson,” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, 14 [1911], 1–24; Kline, Burr description begins Mary-Jo Kline, ed., Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr, Princeton, 1983, 2 vols. description ends , 1:478n; William Mayne Duncanson to TJ, 11 Apr., 15 Dec. 1807; TJ to Henry Dearborn, 21 Apr. 1807; TJ to William Duncanson, 15 Aug. 1816).

Man of strict honor: Sebastian Bauman, postmaster at New York City since 1789. Thomas Munroe was the postmaster at Washington (Stets, Postmasters description begins Robert J. Stets, Postmasters & Postoffices of the United States 1782–1811, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1994 description ends , 107, 184; Vol. 29:403–4).

Elijah Dewey, a Federalist, cast his votes for Adams and Pinckney (Kline, Burr description begins Mary-Jo Kline, ed., Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr, Princeton, 1983, 2 vols. description ends , 1:471n).