From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 1 June 1796

To the United States Senate

United States June 1st 1796

Gentlemen of the Senate:

I nominate the following persons for appointments in the Army of the United States.

John Wilkins of Pennsylvania to be Quarter Master General vice OHara resigned.

Joseph Philips, Surgeon’s Mate in the First Sub Legion to be Surgeon of the third Sub Legion vice Heyward resigned.

David Davis to be Surgeons Mate in the first Sub Legion vice Philips promoted.

Cyrus Dart to be Surgeon’s Mate in the Second Sub Legion vice Strong resigned.

Charles Rodes to be Surgeon’s Mate in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers vice Griffith resigned.

Samuel Osborne to be Surgeons Mate in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers vice Brewster resigned.

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LS, DNA: RG 46, entry 52; copy, DLC:GW.

The Senate received and approved these nominations on this date (Senate Executive Journal, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: From the commencement of the First, to the termination of the Nineteenth Congress. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., 1828. description ends 214).

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Title: From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 1 June 1796
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: United States Senate
Date: 1 June 1796

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Cite as: “From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 1 June 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0163. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 233.]

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