1From George Washington to the United States Senate, 19 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
I nominate the following persons to fill the Offices annexed to their names respectively, to which they have been appointed during the recess of the Senate. Zebulon Hollingsworth to be Attorney for the United States in the Maryland District; vice Richard Potts, resigned. Copland Parker, to be Surveyor of the Port of Smithfield in Virginia; vice James Wells, resigned. James Gibbon, to be...
2From George Washington to the United States Senate, 19 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
The following appointments have been made in the Army of the United States, during the recess of the Senate; and I now nominate the following persons to fill the Offices annexed to their names respectively. Artillery Peter L. Van Alen to be Lieutenant; vice [Dirck] Schuyler, resigned; to take rank from 6th Septr 1792. Infantry Alexander Gibson to be Captain vice William Lewis declined. Howell...