Memorial from Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, 15 December 1803
Memorial from Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey
State of New-Jersey
Great-Egg-Harbour Gloucester County
December 15th. 1803
To Thomas Jefferson Esqr.
President of the
United States of America
We the Inhabitants of Great Egg Harbour in the County & state aforesaid do beg leave to Recommend to your Excellency Joseph Winner as a Suitable person to be appointed Collector of the port of Great Egg-Harbour in the Room of Alexander Freeland Esqr the present Collector
He the said Joseph Winner is Competent in his Literary Capacity to perform all the Duties of the office that may legally be required of him.
We have been personally acquainted with him a number of years and we have never Knew him guilty of any Mal-conduct, fraudulent or deceptive practices whatever but he has allways Maintained and supported a firm and Respectable Character. & &c
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 12:0492); in Mason’s hand, signed by all; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr. President of the United states.” Recorded in SJL as received 7 Feb. 1804 with notation “Petn to remove Freeland Collectr. appt Winner.”
For an earlier call to appoint joseph winner in place of Alexander Freeland, see Benjamin Brown Cooper to TJ, 7 Sep. 1803. See also the petition from Great Egg Harbor at 14 Dec.