Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from James Nicholson, 12 April 1804

From James Nicholson

Greenwich Lane April 12th. 1804.

Sir

Finding my health and constitution greatly impaired by long indisposition I am induced to beg leave to Resign the Office of Commissioner of Loans for the State of New York which you were so Kind as to confer on me.

I am Sir with Sincere Respect and Gratitude your most Obedt. Servt.

James Nicholson

I am informed by William Few that it is his intention to become a Candidate for said Office, and believing that his integrity and abilities are sufficiently Known I will only take the liberty of Adding that he is now a Member of the Legislature of this State and possesses the Public confidence and Respect—

RC (DNA: RG 59, RD); endorsed by TJ as a letter of 15 Apr. received 20 Apr. and “resigns office of Commr. loans” and so recorded in SJL.

James Nicholson (ca. 1736-1804), the father-in-law of Albert Gallatin, was the senior captain of the Continental navy during the American Revolution. He settled in New York City after the war and became an influential Republican. TJ appointed him commissioner of loans for New York in 1801 (ANB description begins John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, New York and Oxford, 1999, 24 vols. description ends ; Vol. 35:283-4).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from James Nicholson, 12 April 1804
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    Nicholson, James
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    12 April 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from James Nicholson, 12 April 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0192. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 43, 11 March–30 June 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017, p. 218.]