From John Adams to United States Senate, 9 July 1798
United States July 9th 1798
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate <John Smith Brooks> Richard Harwood Maryland to be Lieutenant of Marines
Francis Harman Ellison of New York Lieutenant in the Navy—
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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