To Thomas Jefferson from Edmund Custis, 11 August 1802
From Edmund Custis
Baltimore 11th Augt. 1802
Dr Sir,
On hearing of the death of Mr. Dandrige Consul at Auxcayes, in St. Domingo & finding bussiness extreamly dull here, Am induced to Solicit an appointment to succeed him, having been long Accustom’d to that Climate
I am Dr Sir Very Respectfully your Mo. Obt. Servt
Edmund Custis
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR); addressed: “Thos. Jefferson, Esquire President of the U. States”; franked and postmarked; endorsed by TJ as received 16 Aug. and so recorded in SJL; also endorsed by TJ: “to be Consul at Auxcayes.”
Bartholomew Dandridge (DANDRIGE), Jr., died at Cayes, Saint-Domingue, on 17 July. TJ had named him commercial agent at Port Républicain (Port-au-Prince) in November 1801 (Baltimore Democratic Republican, 10 Aug. 1802; Vol. 33:677, 678; Vol. 35:312–3). For a previous attempt by Custis to SOLICIT AN APPOINTMENT, see Custis to TJ, 15 Mch. 1801.