To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 20 July 1804

From Robert Smith

Navy Dept. 20 July 1804.

Sir,

The death of Mr. Enoch S. Lane First Lieutenant of Marines has occasioned a vacancy in that corps. I beg leave to suggest the propriety of filling up the vacancy and at the same time to present for your consideration Mr. Love who has been recommended in such a manner as to induce a belief that he will do credit to the Appointment.—

With high respect I am Sir yr. ob Servt.

Rt Smith

RC (DLC); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Smith; at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the Navy Department on 28 July and “Love to be Lt.” and so recorded in SJL. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSP).

John C. Love received a commission as second lieutenant of the Marine Corps (NDBW description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, Washington, D.C., 1939-44, 6 vols. and Register of Officer Personnel and Ships’ Data, 1801-1807, Washington, D.C., 1945 description ends , Register, 65).

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Title: To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 20 July 1804
Author: Smith, Robert
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 20 July 1804

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Cite as: “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 20 July 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0113. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 125.]

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