From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 14 January 1805
To the Senate
Jan. 14. 1805.
To the Senate of the United States.
I nominate the several persons named in the inclosed letter from the Secretary at War for the promotions and appointments in the army of the United States therein proposed for them respectively.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (DLC). Recorded in SJL with notation “Military nominations.” Enclosure: Dearborn to TJ, [11] Jan.
I nominate: on the same day, Isaac A. Coles delivered TJ’s message to the Senate, where it was then ordered to lie on the table for consideration. Three days later, on 17 Jan., the Senate consented to all of the nominations (, 1:479-81).