From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 3 May 1802
To the Senate
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate John Heard of New Jersey to be Collector of the port of Perth Amboy vice Daniel March deceased.
Th: Jefferson
May 3. 1802.
RC (DNA: RG 46, EPEN, 7th Cong., 1st sess.); endorsed by a Senate clerk. PrC (DLC). Recorded in SJL with notation “nomn of Heard.”
Meriwether Lewis delivered TJ’s message to the Senate on 3 May, the last day of the session. The Senate immediately confirmed Heard’s appointment (
, 1:424–5).