From John Adams to United States Senate, 30 December 1799
United States December 30th: 1799.
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate Charles Willing Byrd Esqr: of Virginia to be Secretary of the Territory North West of the River Ohio, in the place of William Henry Harrison Esqr: who has resigned.
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.