From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 December 1798
December 13. 1798
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate Jacob Radclift of New York to be a Commissioner of Valuations &c in the Place of James Watson Esqr. resigned.
John Edwards of Kentucky to be Commissioner of Valuations &c in the Place of Henry Lee declined.
John McDowell of Kentucky to be Commissioner of Valuations &c in Place of Robert Johnson who has declined his Appointment
William Hunt of North Carolina to be Commissioner of Valuations &c in the Place of Absalom Tatem, who has declined his Appointment.
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.