From Thomas Jefferson to the State Department, 30 April 1805
To the State Department
Commissions to be made out
Christopher Ellery of Rhodeisland to be Commissioner of loans for the state of Rhodeisland.
Augustus Sacket of New York, to be Collector & Inspector of revenue for the port of Sacket harbour.
Gideon D. Cobbs of Indiana to be Collector at Massac.
| Benjamin Sebastian of Kentucky |  |
Comrs. for land titles in the Eastern district of Orleans |
| John Coburn of Kentucky | ||
| John B. C. Lucas of Pensylvania | |
Comrs. for land titles in Louisiana |
| Clement B. Penrose of Pensylva | ||
| James Lowry Donaldson of Maryland. Recorder for Louisiana. | ||
| James Tremble of Tennissee | |
Comrs. for land titles in the Western distr. of Orleans |
| Francis Vacher of New Jersey | ||
Th: Jefferson
Apr. 30. 05.
PoC (DLC). Notation in SJL: “Nomns. Ellery. Sacket. Cobbs. Sebastian. Coburn. Lucas. Penrose. Donaldson. Tremble. Vacher.”
In a letter of 29 June 1804, TJ had offered Christopher Ellery the position of Commissioner of loans, contingent upon the office’s return to Providence from Newport (Vol. 43:670). Ellery declined the offer and instead pursued the Newport collectorship (Ellery to TJ, 13 Nov., Jonathan Russell and others to TJ, 30 Nov., and Ellery to TJ, 13 Jan., all not found [see Vol. 45: Appendix IV]; Ellery to TJ, 22 Feb.).
Benjamin Sebastian and John Coburn were both judges in Kentucky (Vol. 36:620-3; Vol. 39:148n).