James Madison Papers

Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas, 10 July 1816

Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas

Treasury Department
Revenue Office
July 10th. 1816.

Sir,

Ebenezer Otis, late Keeper of the whitehead Light House, having died, Charles Haskell appears, from the enclosed letter, to be properly qualified as his successor. I am, very respectfully

Sam. Smith

Commissioner of the Revenue

RC (DNA: RG 26, Light House Service Correspondence). Docketed by Dallas: “Respectfully submitted to the President” on 13 July 1816; and by JM: “The appt. of Chs. Haskell approvd.” Enclosure not found.

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