1In 1802 he accepted the position of navy agent of the Gosport Navy Yard.
2A navy agent in England was applied to for the supply of these transports.
3It contained several letters for him, as also others forwarded by his navy agent to Lieutenant Adair.
4A brother-in-law of Senator Webster was made Navy Agent at New York.
5He came to be Navy Agent at New York in 1823, and in 1838 President Van Buren made him his Secretary of the Navy.