Gerrit L. Dox

Gerrit L. Dox

Gerrit L. Dox (ca. 1785 - August 2, 1847 Waterloo, Seneca County, New York) was an American politician.

Life

He was appointed Postmaster of Albany, New York in January 1816 in the place of his brother Peter P. Dox who had held the post from 1814 until his death in office on November 21, 1815. In July 1817, he was removed from this office.

He was New York State Treasurer from February 1817 to January 1821.

In August 1823, the U.S. Postmaster General sued Gerrit L. Dox for his failure to render accounts and to pay over some monies received. In the suit, it was stated that Dox had become insolvent in 1819.

ources

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html Political Graveyard] (name given as Gerret L. Dox)
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA35 "The New York Civil List" compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 35; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) (Google Books)] (name given as Gerret L. Dox)
* [http://supreme.justia.com/us/26/318/case.html "Dox vs. Postmaster General", 26 U.S. 318 (1828)] at supreme.justia.com
* [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/26/26.US.318.html "Dox vs. Postmaster General", 26 U.S. 318 (1828)] at bulk.resource.org
* [http://books.google.com.br/books?id=Gm04AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Jenkins+history+political+parties#PPA178,M1] "History of Political Parties in the State of New-York" by John Stilwell Jenkins (pages 178 and 238; Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846)
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=bpcMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA112&dq=gerrit+dox&lr=&hl=pt-BR#PPA126,M1] "The Annals of Albany" by Joel Munsell (1855) (name given as Gerrit L. Dox [p. 116] and Garret L. Dox, "of Auburn" [p. 121] )
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=SVc4AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA267&dq=garret+dox&lr=&hl=pt-BR] "The Laws of New York" (Legislative session 1821) (name given as Garret L. Dox)


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