From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 July 1798
United States July 13. 1798—
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate Daniel Mc.Neal of Massachusetts to be a Captain in the Navy—to take rank from the 5th of June 1798
Thomas Williams of Virginia also to be a Captain in the Navy
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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