From John Adams to United States Senate, 19 July 1798
July 19. 1798.
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate William North of New York to be Adjutant General of the Army with the Rank of Brigadier General.
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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