Thomas Jefferson Papers

Memorandum from the State Department, [on or before 18 October 1802]

Memorandum from the State Department

[on or before 18 Oct. 1802]

Memorandum for the President.

Peter Muhlenberg, Collector of the Customs for the District
of Pennsa. Commn. dated
28 July 1802
William R. Lee, Collector for Salem & Beverly 31 July—
Daniel Bissell,  Do. for Massac 11 Augt.
 Do.  Do. Inspector of the Revenue for Do. 11th
Joseph Farley Jr. Collector for the District of Waldoborough } 25 Augt.
 Do.  Do. Inspector of the Revenue for Do.
John Gibaut, Collector for Gloucester 25 Augt.
George Wentworth, Inspector of the Revenue for Portsmouth } 25 Augt.
 Do.  Do. Surveyor for the same
Joseph Wilson, Collector for the District of Marblehead } 25 Augt.
 Do.  Do. Inspector for the port of Marblehead
Ralph Cross, Collector for Newburyport 25 Augt.
Abraham Bloodgood, Surveyor for the Port of Albany } 28 Augt.
 Do.  Do. Inspector for  Do.
<Tench Coxe Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Pennsa.>
John Shore, Collector for Petersburg 6 Sept.
 
<William Carey, Do. for Yorktown Virga. 20 Sept.> (declind to accept)1
Thomas Archer, Collector for Yorktown 11 Octr.
 Do.  Do. Inspector of the Revenue for Do. 11th.
Robert Anderson
 New,
Collector for the District of Louisville
 Dated
11th Octr.
Robert Anderson
 New,
Inspector of the Revenue for the port of Louisville 11th Octr.
Joseph Wood2 Register of the Land office at Marietta—26 Augt.
William Cleveland } Commissioners of Bankruptcy for Salem in the District of Massacts.—The two first are dated the 27 Augt. 1802 the latter 13th Sept.
 —— Killam
Joseph Story3

Tench Coxe, Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Pennsa. July 28. 1802.

John Selman, Commr on Symme’s land Claims (permanent) Augt. Note—Thomas Munroes Commn is dated June 2d. 1802 (permanent).

RC (DLC); undated; in a clerk’s hand, with last three entries in Daniel Brent’s hand; with two emendations, probably by TJ (see notes below); endorsed by TJ as received from the State Department on 18 Oct. and “Commissions issued 1802 July 28.—Oct. 11.”

TJ probably requested the State Department to provide him with a list of the commissions issued while he was away at Monticello. He recorded neither the request nor the receipt of this list in SJL.

TJ probably used this list to aid in compiling his chronological list of appointments (see Appendix i). One discrepancy with that list is TJ’s entry of JOSEPH WOOD at 1 Aug., not the 26th as above.

1Closing parenthesis supplied by Editors.

2A horizontal stroke was later drawn through this name.

3A diagonal stroke was drawn through the preceding three names.

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