James Madison Papers

Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1803 (Abstract)

§ Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson

10 May 1803. Directs JM to issue commissions to Samuel Ward of Massachusetts to be naval officer for Salem, Massachusetts; Samuel Osgood of New York to be naval officer for the district of New York; Jeremiah Bennett, Jr., of New Jersey to be collector of customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Bridgeton, New Jersey; and George House of Connecticut to be master of a revenue cutter.

RC (MH); FC (DLC: Jefferson Papers). RC 1 p. Check marks have been placed to the left of each name on the RC. Ward’s, Osgood’s, and Bennett’s appointments were approved by the Senate on 15 and 18 Nov. 1803 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 1:455, 456). For George House, see House to JM, 3 May 1801 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 1:141 and n.).

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    Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1803 (Abstract)
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Madison, James
    Date
    10 May 1803

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    “Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-04-02-0698. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 4, 8 October 1802 – 15 May 1803, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Susan Holbrook Perdue, and Ellen J. Barber. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 588.]

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