The person appointed first mate might have been William Parish, who in 1804 had resigned his position as a mate in the revenue cutter service. By the fall of 1805 there were two cutters stationed at Norfolk, the brig Dolly and the schooner Jefferson. Since William Parish’s successor, Samuel Travis, served on board the Dolly, it is possible that this Parish was intended as the mate for the Jefferson. On 11 Oct., Gallatin wrote to William Davies, informing him that TJ had approved Parish’s appointment (ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1832-61, 38 vols. description ends , Miscellaneous, 1:274; Donald L. Canney, U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935 [Annapolis, 1995], 7-8; Gallatin, Papers description begins Carl E. Prince and Helene E. Fineman, eds., The Papers of Albert Gallatin, microfilm edition in 46 reels, Philadelphia, 1969, and Supplement, Barbara B. Oberg, ed., reels 47-51, Wilmington, Del., 1985 description ends , 11:579, 617; Vol. 44:196; Gallatin to TJ, 20 May 1807).