Recommends Captain Taylor as Surveyor of the New Ocracoke Port
Document 1799Recommends Captain James Taylor to the President to be appointed as Surveyor for a port to be built near Ocracoke Inlet. Requests that Taylor not be given orders on any service in competition with this appointment. Because the location is mostly uninhabited, the commander of the military post should come under the Officer of the Revenue.
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Autograph Draft Letter
Description
Recommends Captain James Taylor to the President to be appointed as Surveyor for a port to be built near Ocracoke Inlet. Requests that Taylor not be given orders on any service in competition with this appointment. Because the location is mostly uninhabited, the commander of the military post should come under the Officer of the Revenue.
Date
06/03/1799
Author
Recipient
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Treasury Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799060340001
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1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
James Taylor
[John Adams]
Notable locations
Treasury Department
North Carolina
Ocracoke Inlet
Beacon Island
Shell Castle