From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 15 August 1799
Quincy Aug 15th 1799
Sir
I have transmitted a commission to Mr. Lemuel Little to be a sailing master & a warrant to Mr. Moses M. Bates to be a midshipman as you proposed in your two letters of the 9th.
MHi: Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.

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