From John Adams to United States Senate, 1 May 1798
United States May 1st. 1798
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate the Honorable George Cabot of Massachusetts to be Secretary of the navy of the United States.
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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