From Stephen Hall to John Adams, 2 March 1793

From Stephen Hall

Portland 2 March 1793.

My hond. friend,

Permit me once more to ask your friendship on so probable a prospect of success, as I think I now have.— Genl. Dearborn is chosen a Representative to Congress from the District of Maine. The Office of Marshal of consequence becomes vacant. I should like to fill the Office; and I think the President would willingly nominate me, if he should think of me. Your friendship therefore in the case will singularly oblige me.1

I most cordially congratulate You, and felicitate my Country on your being rechosen Vice President of the United States.

I have the honor to be, with the greatest Respect, your obliged friend, and very humble Servt.

Stephen Hall

RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “Excy. John Adams, Esq.”

1. For Hall’s previous requests for JA’s patronage, see vol. 20:130–133. Gen. Henry Dearborn (1751–1829), of North Hampton, N.H., represented the district of Maine in the House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797. Hall again fell short of his goal. The post went to Capt. John Hobby (Biog. Dir. Cong. description begins Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005, Washington, D.C., 2005; rev. edn., bioguide.congress.gov. description ends ; from Francis Dana, 2 April 1792, and note 1, above).

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Title: From Stephen Hall to John Adams, 2 March 1793
Author: Hall, Stephen
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 2 March 1793

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Cite as: “From Stephen Hall to John Adams, 2 March 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0137. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 21, March 1791–January 1797, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022, p. 185.]

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