To Thomas Jefferson from Dominick A. Hall, 9 August 1804
From Dominick A. Hall
Columbia So. Carolina Aug. 9. ’04
Sir
I have had the honor to receive your letter expressing a desire to appoint me District Judge of the territory of Orleans. Should you be pleased to make the appointment I will accept it and immediately prepare to proceed to the territory. Permit me Sir, to avail my self of the occasion to offer you my warmest thanks for the confidence with which you have honored me, and to assure you that I am with Sentiments of the greatest Respect and Consideration
Your very obt. hmble Servt.
Dom: A: Hall
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR); endorsed by TJ as received 21 Aug. and “accepts as Distr. judge Orleans” and so recorded in SJL.
your letter: TJ to Hall, 20 July.
Writing to Madison on 18 Sep., Hall stated that he had yet to receive his commission and worried that his letter of acceptance to TJ had miscarried. He reiterated his intention to accept the office (RC in DNA, RG 59, LAR; endorsed by TJ: “accepts office of judge”).