From John Adams to United States Senate, 10 December 1798
United States December 10 1798
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate Thomas Truxton of Pensylvania and Samuel <John> Elbert of Georgia to be Midshipmen in the Navy of the United States
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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