101From John Adams to United States Senate, 9 February 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate the following List of Officers for the Army Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Taylor Connecticut Majors John Ripley Connecticut Jabez Huntington Connecticut Captains John Benjamin Connecticut. John Meigs ditto Elihu Sandford ditto Stephen Ranney ditto Samuel Blakeslee ditto
102From John Adams to United States Senate, 8 February 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate William Smith our minister plenipotentiary to the court of Portugal to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to The Sublime Ottoman Porte with full powers to negotiate a treaty of Amity & commerce between the United States of America & the dominions and Dependencies of the Sublime Porte DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
103From John Adams to United States Senate, 6 February 1799 (Adams Papers)
In consequence of intimations from the court of Russia to our minister plenipotentiary, at the court of Great Britain, of the desire of that power to have a treaty of amity and commerce with the United States, and that the negociation might be conducted in London. I nominate Rufus King, our minister plenipotentiary at the court of Great Britain, to be a minister plenipotentiary, for the...
104From John Adams to United States Senate, 4 February 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Henry Seton of New York, to be a Lieutenant in the Navy DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
105From John Adams to United States Senate, 30 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I send you for your consideration a treaty with the Oneida nation of Indians made on the first day of June 1798 at their village. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
106From John Adams to United States Senate, 29 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate the Gentlemen contained in this List, for the offices in the Navy sett against their Names 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...
107From John Adams to United States Senate, 21 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Roger Gregory Junior of Virginia to be commissioner of the direct tax &c in the place of Thomas Tinsley who has resigned. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
108From John Adams to United States Senate, 15 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
In the list of gentlemen nominated for appointments in the army I am informed, two from New York, by mistake, have been misnamed. Instead of Mathew Paulding, nominated for a lieutenant, it should have been Nathaniel Paulding; and instead of John Cooper, nominated for an ensign, it should have been, Joseph C. Cooper. I request that these names maybe accordingly corrected DNA : RG 46—Records of...
109From John Adams to United States Senate, 15 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I transmit to you the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians signed near Tellico on the second day of October 1798 for your consideration. I have directed the Secretary at War to lay before you the journal of the commissioners and a copy of their instructions. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
110From John Adams to United States Senate, 15 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I transmit to you the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, signed near Tellico, on the second day of October, 1798, for your consideration. I have directed the Secretary of War to lay before you the journal of the commissioners, and a copy of their instructions. Printed Source--American State Papers. 38 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1831-61)..
111From John Adams to United States Senate, 10 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Turell Tufts of Medford Massachusetts, to be Consul of the United States at Surrinam DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
112From John Adams to United States Senate, 7 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate William Hines Esqr. of South Hampton county Virginia to be a commissioner of valuations &c. vice Mr William Salter declined DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
113From John Adams to United States Senate, 1 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Adolph C. Lent of New York to be surgeons mate in the navy. Killeair H Van Renselar of New York to be lieutenant in the navy. Richard Salter Tibbits of Massachusetts to be lieutenant in the navy. George R. Turner of Massachusetts to be lieutenant in the navy Joshua G Symmes of Massachusetts to be Surgeon in the navy Thomas Hoist of Massachusetts to be second lieutenant of marines...
114From John Adams to United States Senate, 31 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate the following Persons, for Officers to the Regiments directed to be raised, by a Law passed the Sixteenth day of July last. Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel John Watts................................. Virginia Majors. Solomon Van Rensselaer........New York John Tayloe................................ Virginia Captains. Richard Willing................. Pennsylvania Benjamin...
115From John Adams to United States Senate, 29 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Robert G. Guerard of South Carolina to be Collector for the District of Beaufort and Inspector of the Revenue for the Port in the Place of Robert Hazard Wigg who has declined his appointment. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
116From John Adams to United States Senate, 24 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Sherwood Haywood of North Carolina to be Commissioner of Loans for that state in the Place of Robert Rowan Esqr: deceased DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
117From John Adams to United States Senate, 19 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Archibald Richardson of Virginia to be collector for the district of South Quay. Archibald Richardson of ditto to be inspector of the revenue for the port of South Quay. Edward St Loe Livermore of New Hampshire to be naval officer for the district of Portsmouth. Andrew Torbone of Virginia to be Inspector of the revenue for the port of Bermuda Hundred. Andrew Torbone of ditto to be...
118From John Adams to United States Senate, 17 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate John Huger of South Carolina to be Commissioner of Valuations &c for in the Place of Arnoldus Vanderhorst declined. Thomas Glascock of Georgia to be Commissioner of Valuations &c in the Place of Jared Irvin, declined John Clark of Georgia to be Commissioner of Valuations in the Place of Benjamin Talliafero who has declined DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
119From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
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...
120From John Adams to United States Senate, 12 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate John Faulcon of North Carolina to be a Commissioner under the Act for the Valuation of Land and Dwelling Houses and the Enumeration of slaves for the third Division of that state in the Room of Joseph John Williams who has declined his Appointment William Peck to be Marshall for the District of Rhode Island Charles Burnham Cockran to be Marshall for the District of South Carolina,...
121From John Adams to United States Senate, 10 December 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Thomas Truxton of Pensylvania and Samuel John Elbert of Georgia to be Midshipmen in the Navy of the United States DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
122From John Adams to United States Senate, 19 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate William North of New York to be Adjutant General of the Army with the Rank of Brigadier General. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
123From John Adams to United States Senate, 18 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Alexander Hamilton of New York to be Inspector General of the Army with the Rank of Major General. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina to be a Major General Henry Knox of Massachusetts to be a Major General Henry Lee of Virginia to be a Major General of the provisional Army Edward Hand of Pennsylvania to be a Major General of the provisional Army. John Brooks of...
124From John Adams to United States Senate, 18 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate William Winder of Maryland to be Accountant of the Navy DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
125From John Adams to United States Senate, 18 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
BELIEVING that the Letter received this morning, from General WASHINGTON, will give high satisfaction to the Senate, I transmit them a copy of it, and congratulate them and the public on this great event, the General’s acceptance of his appointment, as Lieutenant-General and Commander in Chief of the Army. MHi : Broadside Collection.
126From John Adams to United States Senate, 17 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
Believing that the Letter received this morning from General Washington will give high satisfaction to the Senate, I transmit them a Copy of it, and congratulate them and the Public on this great Event the Generals acceptance of his appointment, as Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the army— DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
127From John Adams to United States Senate, 16 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate the following Persons to be Commissioners under an Act of Congress passed in the present session to provide for the valuation of Lands and Houses and for the Enumeration of Slaves. Those Gentlemen whose Names have Asterisks before them are intended for first Commissioners New Hampshire* 1st Division. Nathaniel Gilman... Exeter 2d Do. Joseph Badger Junr... Gilmantown 3d Do. Joshua...
128From John Adams to United States Senate, 16 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate the Honourable Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey to be Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers in the place of La Rochefontaine William Ward Burrows of Pennsylvania to be Major of Marines under the Act for establishing and organizing a Marine Corps. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
129From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
A Resolution of both Houses of Congress, authorizing an adjournment on Monday the 16th of this month has been laid before me—Sensible of the severity of the service in so long a session, it is with great Reluctance, that I find myself obliged to offer any consideration, which may operate against the inclinations of the Members; but certain measures of Executive Authority, which will Require...
130From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Harry Grant of South Carolina to be Consul for the United States for the Port of Leith in Scotland DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
131From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Daniel Mc.Neal of Massachusetts to be a Captain in the Navy—to take rank from the 5th of June 1798 Thomas Williams of Virginia also to be a Captain in the Navy DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
132From John Adams to United States Senate, 9 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate John Smith Brooks Richard Harwood Maryland to be Lieutenant of Marines Francis Harman Ellison of New York Lieutenant in the Navy— DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
133From John Adams to United States Senate, 7 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate P. Fletcher———of Massachusetts, to be first Lieutenant of the Frigate Constitution, to fill the place of Mr. Prebble who is absent—this Gentleman has merits, services and talents to be a Captain in the Navy, and I should nominate him as such, but the absence of Mr. Prebble renders it necessary, that his place should be filled; as soon as he returns, he may take his station and Mr....
134From John Adams to United States Senate, 2 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate George Washington of Mount Vernon to be Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of all the Armies raised or to be raised in the United States. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
135From John Adams to United States Senate, 2 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Thomas Ross of Pennsylvania to be Inspector of the Revenue for the first survey of Pennsylvania— DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
136From John Adams to United States Senate, 30 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Thomas Martin of New Hampshire to be Collector for the District of Portsmouth in New Hampshire in the Place of Joseph Whipple Samuel Adams to be Surveyor and Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Portsmouth in the place of Thomas Martin nominated to be Collector John Pierce to be Commissioner of Loans for the State of New Hampshire in the place of William Gardner. Thomas Perkins...
137From John Adams to United States Senate, 30 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate William Vincent Hutchins to be a Lieutenant in the Navy John Strout to be a Lieutenant of the Navy Lakin Thorndike to be a Surgeon in the Navy These officers John are intended for the sloop of War The Herald at Boston, The Rank may be settled hereafter. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
138From John Adams to United States Senate, 30 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate J. Phillips of Maryland to be a Captain in the Navy— Josias M: Speake of Maryland to be Lieutenant in the Navy— John West of Virginia to be a Lieutenant in the Navy These Gentlemen are intended for officers on board The Baltimore, a twenty gun Ship, fitting out at the City of that Name—It is hoped the Senate will consent, that the rank of these officers shall be settled hereafter,...
139From John Adams to United States Senate, 28 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate George Latimer Esq of Pennsylvania to be Collector of the District of Pennsylvania in the place of Sharp Dulany Esqr who has resigned. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
140From John Adams to United States Senate, 26 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate William McGuire of Virginia to be Chief Justice of the Mississippi Territory— William Henry Harrison Esqr: of Virginia to be Secretary of the Territory, north west of the River Ohio— Josiah Blakely of New York to be Consul of the United States in St. Jago in the Island of Cuba— DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
141From John Adams to United States Senate, 25 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Jabez G. Fitch to be Marshall of the District of Vermont for four years according to the Law the Term of his former Appointment being expired DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
142From John Adams to United States Senate, 25 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Franklin Wharton of Pennsylvania to be a Lieutenant of Marines, in the Navy Joseph West to be a Surgeons Mate, in the ship Delaware DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
143From John Adams to United States Senate, 16 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate, George Wright of New Jersey to be surgeon of the ship Delaware, he having been before nominated as Surgeons Mate by a Mistake DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
144From John Adams to United States Senate, 15 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate James Daniel of Virginia to be Inspector of the Revenue for the third Survey of the District of Virginia in the place of Mayo Carrington resigned. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
145From John Adams to United States Senate, 6 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate, Christopher Raymond Perry of Rhode Island and Richard Valentine Morris of Newyork to be Captains in the Navy William Turner of Virginia to be second Surgeons Mate of the United States Frigate George Wright of New Jersey to be surgeons Mate of the ship Delaware— DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
146From John Adams to United States Senate, 30 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate John Spence West of North Carolina to be Marshall of that district, in the place of Michael Paine, after the expiration of his legal term in that office, which will be in december next DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
147From John Adams to United States Senate, 29 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
An Article explanatory of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between the United States and His Britannic Majesty, has been signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the two powers, which I now submit to the Senate for their consideration. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
148From John Adams to United States Senate, 28 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate the persons herein after named for appointments in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.— Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. John Doughty New Jersey Majors 1. Benjamin Brooks. Maryland 2. Adam Hoops. New Jersey. 3. Daniel Jackson. Massachusetts. Captains 1. Decius Wadsworth Connecticutt 2. William Macrea Virginia 2. Decius Wadsworth Connecticut 3. Samuel Eddins Virginia 4. Francis...
149From John Adams to United States Senate, 23 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Thomas Baker of Pennsylvania to be first Lieutenant— Thomas Wilkey of Pennsylvania to be second Lieutenant James McKnight of Pennsylvania to be Lieutenant of Marines, for the ship of War the Delaware. Andrew Sterret of Maryland to be third Lieutenant of the Frigate Constellation; Simon Gross, having resigned DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
150From John Adams to United States Senate, 21 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Anderson Mc.Williams of Virginia to be Surveyor and Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Fredericksburgh in the District of Tappahannock, in the Place of Thomas Moffat Superceeded. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.