From John Adams to United States Senate, 9 February 1799
Phyladelphia Feb. 9 1799
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate the following List of Officers for the Army
| Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Timothy Taylor | Connecticut |
| Majors | |
| John Ripley | Connecticut |
| Jabez Huntington | Connecticut |
| Captains | |
| John Benjamin | Connecticut. |
| John Meigs | ditto |
| Elihu Sandford | ditto |
| Stephen Ranney | ditto |
| Samuel Blakeslee | ditto |
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Connecticut |
| John Bulford | ditto |
| Asa Copeland | ditto |
| William Young Jun | ditto |
| Coleby Chew | ditto |
| Lieutenants | |
| Samuel Waugh | Connecticut |
| Lemuel Harrison | ditto |
| Bennet Bronson | ditto |
| Reuben Hurd | ditto |
| Trueman Mosely | ditto |
| John Knox | Connecticut |
| William W Cheney | ditto |
| Lodowick Gallup | ditto |
| John Eells | ditto |
| Waters Clark | ditto |
| Ensigns | |
| Salmon Clark | Connecticut. |
| Peter N. Brinsmade | ditto |
| Trueman Hinman | ditto |
| Walter Smith | ditto |
| Joseph A. Wells | ditto |
| James Gordon | Connecticut |
| Ebenezer Learned | ditto |
| Peter Richards | ditto |
| Robert Hosmer | ditto |
| Solomon Allen | ditto |
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.