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From John Adams to United States Senate, 20 February 1799
February 20. 1799
Gentlemen of the Senate.
I nominate the following List of Officers in the Army
Cavalry. | ||||
Lieutenant | James V. Ball | Captain—vice Van Rensselaer.. | appointed Major | |
First Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers | ||||
Major.. | Henry Burbeck,,, | Lieut. Col. Commdt. vice Rochefontaine | dismissed 7. May 1798 | |
Captain | Mahton Ford | Major vice Burbeck promoted... | 7. Ma..1798 | |
Lieutenant | Piercy S. Pope | Captain vice McRee resigned... | 24 April..— | |
Lieutenant | Ebenezer Massey | —ditto...vice Ford promoted... | 7. May.— | |
Lieutenant | John McClallen | ditto... vice Peirce. deceased... | 24 July..— | |
Lieutenant | Nehemiah Freeman | ditto,... vice Mitchell. do... | 6. August.— | |
Samuel Fowles... | Massachusetts. | Lieutenant—vice Pope promoted | ||
James House.. | Pennsylvania... | ditto... vice Massey..do. | ||
David Meredith... | ditto... | ditto... vice Hale resigned | ||
Ebenezer Beebe... | Connecticut... | ditto... vice Guimpe ditto | ||
States Rutledge... | South Carolina... | ditto... vice McClallen promoted | ||
William Yates... | New York... | ditto... vice Freeman ditto | ||
Warham Shepard... | Massachusetts... | ditto... vice Watkins—resigned | ||
James P. Heath... | Delaware... | ditto... vice Vandyke ditto | ||
Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers | ||||
George Waterhouse | Rhode Island | Lieutenant.. vice Dickinson declined | ||
Robert Heaton Jun. | New York... | ditto... vice Yates...ditto | ||
David Evans Jun. | North Carolina... | ditto... vice Webster.—ditto | ||
Leonard Williams | Vermont... | ditto... |
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.