To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Hanson, 3 October 1804
From Samuel Hanson
Navy-Yard, 3d. Octr. 1804
Sir,
The Secretary of the Navy informs me that you had the goodness to offer me the place of Commissioner of Loans for the State of Maryland. Having reason, from the small Experiment I have made, to hope that my present Employment will be more profitable than the other, I beg leave to decline it, with due acknowledgements for the offer.
with great respect, I am Sir Your most obedt.
S Hanson of Saml.
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR); endorsed by TJ as received 3 Oct. and so recorded in SJL with notation “declines Comr. loans Maryld.”
Hanson’s present employment included that of Georgetown postmaster, a position he found unprofitable, and as of 12 Apr., purser at the Washington Navy Yard (FC in Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSO; Hanson to TJ, 10 Mch.).