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To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 7 June 1802

From Henry Dearborn

War Department
7th. June 1802

Sir,

I take the liberty of proposing for your approbation John Livingston for a Cadet in the Artillery.

I am &ca.

H. D.

FC (Lb in DNA: RG 107, LSP).

Following his appointment as cadet, JOHN LIVINGSTON reported to the military academy at West Point, New York. In April 1803, he was made a second lieutenant in the Regiment of Artillerists and sent to Fort Nelson, near Norfolk, Virginia (Heitman, Dictionary description begins Francis B. Heitman, comp., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1903, 2 vols. description ends , 1:636; Dearborn to Thomas H. Cushing, 8 June 1802, Dearborn to Livingston, 25 Apr. 1803, both in DNA: RG 107, LSMA).

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