From John Adams to United States Senate, 29 January 1799
January 29. 1799
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate the Gentlemen contained in this List, for the offices in the Navy sett against their Names
John Adams
List of Commissioned Officers, in the Navy of the United States, appointed by the President, during the Recess of the Senate—in 1798—
| Rank | Names | Residence | In what vessel Employed | |
| Captains in the Navy | Alexander Murray | Pennsylvania | Montezuma | |
| Thomas Tingey | New Jersey | Ganges | ||
| Jonathan Chapman | Massachusetts | 24 gun Vessel, building at Boston | ||
| George Cross | South Carolina | Vessel building at Charleston | ||
| Patrick Fletcher | Massachusetts | George Washington | ||
| Samuel Barron | Virginia | Richmond | ||
| Moses Brown | Massachusetts | Merrimack | ||
| Moses Tryon | Connecticut | Connecticut | ||
| Lieutenants in the Navy | William Bainbridge |
New York |
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| Charles C Russell | Massachusetts | Herald | ||
| Ambross Shirley | Maryland | Constellation | ||
| John Shaw | ditto | Montezuma | ||
| M. Simmons Bunbury | ditto | ditto | ||
| John McRea | Virginia | Norfolk | ||
| Thomas Calvert | ditto | ditto | ||
| Robert W. Hamilton | New York | Constitution | ||
| John Cruft | Massachusetts | Now absent | ||
| Lloyd S. Daubeny | New York | |||
| Michl Titcomb junior | Massachusetts | Merrimack | ||
| Samuel Chase | ditto | ditto | ||
| James Boush | Virginia | Richmond | ||
| Wilson Jacobs | Rhode Island | Geo: Washington | ||
| John Warner | ditto | ditto | ||
| John Ballard | Virginia | Richmond | ||
| Zachariah Rhodes | Rhode Island | George Washington | ||
| James Burns | Maryland, say | } | Ganges | |
| Pennsylvania | ||||
| John Archer | Maryland | Constellation | ||
| Benjn. Hillar | Massachusetts | Pickering | ||
| Henry Kenyon | Pennsylvania |
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| Surgeons | Thomas Rowland |
Maryland |
Baltimore |
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| Thomas Reynolds | Virginia | Richmond | ||
| Jeffrey D. Shally | Maryland | Montezuma | ||
| Nathaniel Bradstreet | Massachusetts | Merrimack | ||
| Joseph Lee | Rhode Island | Geo Washington | ||
| John K. Read | Virginia | Norfolk |
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| Surgeon’s Mates | Hanson Catlett |
Maryland |
Montezuma |
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| Henry Wells | ditto | Baltimore | ||
| Thos. O.H. Carpenter | Rhode Island | Geo: Washington | ||
| Benjamin Shurtleff | Massachusetts | Merrimack | ||
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.