1To Thomas Jefferson from DeWitt Clinton, 7 September 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The appointment of Mr Sandford as District Atty. is universally approbated by our friends here: When the Senate ratifies his appointment, (of which I presume there can be no doubt) he intends to resign his office of Commissioner of Bankruptcy—upon the principle that honorary and lucrative offices ought not to be too much confined to a few: In this event, permit me to recommend to your...
2To Thomas Jefferson from DeWitt Clinton, [24 October 1803] (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Clinton’s compliments to the President and sends him at the request of the owner of the Quarry a specimen of black marble a large quarry of which has been discovered at Marbletown Ulster County about 100 miles North of New York and 10 west of the Hudson River RC ( MHi ); undated; endorsed by TJ as received 24 Oct. 1803. Located about ten miles southwest of Kingston, New York, marbletown was...