From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 January 1801
United States Jan. 13th 1800 [1801]
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate Marmaduke Wait of Vermont Thomas W. Hooper of Boston & Presley N. O. Bannon of Virginia to be second Lieutenants in the marine corps.
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.