Vincent Redman to George Washington, 16 April 1796

From Vincent Redman

Collectors office Port of Yeocomico [Va.]
16th April 1796

Sir

I beg yr permission to resign my Office, & I therefore inclose my Commissions as Collector & Inspector at the Port of Yeocomico on the Potomac.

When honor’d with these appointments I received them with gratitude, nor shou’d the small salary ass[i]gn’d by Congress as a compensation for my Trouble been of itself a reason Sufficient to induce my present application, but the Inconvenience of my family residence b⟨ein⟩g 16 Miles from the Port, & the consequent necessity of employing a Deputy will plead my excuse for my resignation.1

My Deputy was (for six months past) and now is Mr James A. Thompson a resident on the river Yeocomico, his attentive assiduity claims my warmest thanks, and as Mr Thompson is anxious for this appointment, I use the freedom Sir, to mention his Name as my Successor & to add that an application to the Heads of Departments will do Justice to the oppinion Therein express of Mr Thompson,2 I beg leave Sir, to assure you of my respect, esteem & gratitude & have the honor to be Sir, Yr Mo. Obt Servt

Vincent Redman

ALS, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters.

Vincent Redman, who served as an officer of the Richmond County, Va., militia during the Revolutionary War, was appointed collector at Yeocomico in 1789 and inspector of the same port in 1792. He lived in the upper district of Lunenberg Parish in Richmond County.

1. Section 54 of “An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels,” approved 4 Aug. 1790, granted to the collector at Yeocomico a salary of $100 and fees (1 Stat. description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends 145, 172). For the boundaries of the Yeocomico district, see 1 Stat. description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends 34, 150.

2. On 4 May, GW nominated James A. Thompson to be collector and inspector at Yeocomico (L[S], DNA: RG 46, entry 52; copy, DLC:GW). The Senate ordered that this nomination “lie for consideration” on this date before consenting on 5 May (Senate Executive Journal, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: From the commencement of the First, to the termination of the Nineteenth Congress. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., 1828. description ends 206–7). Thompson served until his death, probably in 1803 (see Jefferson Papers, description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 45 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–. description ends 41:684).

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Title: Vincent Redman to George Washington, 16 April 1796
Author: Redman, Vincent
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 16 April 1796

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Cite as: “Vincent Redman to George Washington, 16 April 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0043. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, pp. 49–50.]