§ From Buckner Thruston. “Tuesday Evening,” 2 March 1807. “I find the President has nominated Edmund H. Taylor as Receiver of public Monies at Detroit; I presume some Mistake has occurred as Jeffersonville is the Place only which would be agreeable to Mr. Taylor to go to; It is in his Neighbourhood, & I am convinced it would illy suit his Situation to go far from Home.

“Mr. Taylor is the Gentleman of whom I had the Honor of speaking to you some time ago when I delivered you Mr. Balmain’s Letter.1 If Sir you would be pleased to mention this Circumstance to the President, you would confer a great Favor on Mr. Taylor and much oblige.”

Adds in a postscript: “In the Recommendation of Mr. Taylor by several of the Kentucky Delegation, Jeffersonville is mentioned to the president as the place for which Mr. Taylor wished the appointment.”