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From John Adams to United States Senate, 1 April 1800
April 1. 1800
Message of the President with Military Nominations
| Benjamin Easely | Georgia | Captain | ||
| Benjamin F. Trapier | South Carolina | ditto | ||
| Noah Kelsey | Georgia. | ditto | ||
| Zachariah Nettles | South Carolina | ditto | ||
| John Mitchell | ditto | ditto | ||
| John Brown | ditto | First Lieutenant | ||
| Charles Boyle | ditto | ditto | ||
| William Taylor Junr. | ditto | ditto | ||
| Josias Heyward | ditto | ditto | ||
| Peter Williamson | Georgia | ditto | ||
| Stanmore Butler | South Carolina | ditto | ||
| George Clayton | Georgia | ditto | ||
| William W Trapier | South Carolina | ditto | ||
| Thomas Osborne Junr | ditto | Second Lieutenant | ||
| Charles Codnor Ash | ditto | ditto | ||
| Johnson Wellborn | Georgia | ditto | ||
| William Darkey | ditto | ditto | ||
| Francis Rogers | South Carolina | ditto | ||
| Charles Jones Jenkins | ditto | ditto | ||
Sixth Regiment of Infantry. |
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| James Read | North Carolina | Lieutenant Colonel Commandant | ||
| Alexander Duncan Moore | ditto | Major. | ||
| William Brickell | ditto | ditto | ||
| James Taylor | ditto | Captain | ||
| William Dickson | ditto | ditto | ||
| Eli Gaither | ditto | ditto | ||
| Edmund Smithwick | ditto | ditto | ||
| William Hall | ditto | ditto | ||
| John Williams | ditto | ditto | ||
| John Nicholas | ditto | ditto | ||
| Samuel G. Barron | ditto | ditto | ||
| Maurice Moore | ditto | ditto | ||
| James Mackey | ditto | First Lieutenant | ||
| McKinney Long | ditto | ditto | ||
| Benjamin Smith | ditto | ditto | ||
| Carleton Walker | ditto | ditto | ||
| Edward Jones | ditto | ditto | ||
| David T. W. Cook | ditto | Second Lieutenant | ||
| Marcus Sharpe | ditto | ditto | ||
| James Morris | North Carolina | Second Lieutenant | ||
| John Wilkinson | ditto | ditto | ||
| John Carroway | ditto | ditto | ||
| Abner Pasteur | ditto | ditto | ||
| Benjamin Forsyth | ditto | ditto | ||
| Hugh Montgomery | ditto | ditto | ||
| Alexander Hunter | ditto | ditto | ||
| Roger Cutler | ditto | Surgeon. | ||
Seventh Regiment of Infantry. |
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| William H. Blue | Virginia | Captain | vice Turner declined | |
| 2d Lieut. | John Heiskell | " | First Lieutenant | vice Carrington declined |
| " | Jesse Dold | " | ditto | vice Morgan Paymaster |
| " | Horatio Stark | " | ditto | vice Heiskell Adjutant |
| " | Marquis Combs | " | ditto | vice Stark Quarter Master |
| George Armistead | " | ditto | vice Godwin resigned | |
| William Saunders | " | Second Lieutenant | vice Heiskell promoted | |
| Bartlett Anderson | " | ditto | vice Dold promoted | |
| Francis W. Cook. | " | ditto | vice Stark promoted | |
| Philip Roots | " | ditto | vice Combs promoted | |
| John F. Powell | " | ditto | vice Deane declined | |
| Jacob Call | " | ditto | vice Armistead promoted. | |
| Francis H. Peyton | " | Surgeon | ||
| Thaddeus Capron | " | Surgeons Mate. | ||
| James W. Wallace | " | ditto | ||
Eighth Regiment of Infantry. |
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| Laurence Butler | Virginia | Major | vice Morgan declined | |
| 2d. Lieut. | James Tutt | " | First Lieutenant | vice Bent Paymaster |
| " | Simon Owens | " | ditto | vice Tate Adjutant |
| John Meredith | " | Second Lieutenant | vice Settle declined | |
| John Stephens | " | ditto | vice Wills declined | |
| Robert Bell | " | ditto | vice Tutt promoted | |
| Uriah Blue | " | ditto | vice Owens ditto | |
| Richard Taylor | " | ditto | vice Williams declined | |
| Robert Little | " | ditto | vice Humphries Quarter Master | |
| Edward Conrad | " | Surgeon | ||
| Samuel M Griffith | " | Surgeons Mate | ||
Ninth Regiment of Infantry. |
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| Richard Earle | Maryland | Captain | vice Nicholson declined | |
| John Thompson | " | First Lieutenant | vice Howard declined | |
| Robert Gover | " | ditto | vice Pinckney Paymaster | |
| George Peter | " | Second Lieutenant | vice Hughes Adjutant | |
| Joseph Bentley | " | ditto | vice Ford declined | |
| Benjamin Nowland | " | ditto | vice Cooper Quarter Master | |
| Robert Geddes | " | Surgeon | ||
| Dardan Brown | " | Surgeons Mate | ||
| Charles A Beatty | " | ditto. | ||
Tenth Regiment of Infantry. |
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| Robert Westcott | Pennsylvania | Captain | vice Atlee declined | |
| Alexander McNair | " | First Lieutenant | vice Nelson declined | |
| David Irwing | " | ditto | vice Westcott declined | |
| Paul Weitzell | " | ditto | vice Sharp Paymaster | |
| David Offley | " | ditto | vice Irwing Adjutant | |
| Samuel R. Franklin | " | ditto | vice Offley Quarter Master | |
| 2d. Lieut. | William Morrow | " | ditto | vice Franklin Paymaster |
| John Hay | " | Second Lieutenant | vice Porter declined | |
| Robert George Barde | " | ditto | vice Witner declined | |
| Joseph Knox | " | ditto | vice Morrow promoted | |
| William Hurst | " | Surgeon | ||
| George Wilson | " | Surgeons Mate | ||
| James Irwine | " | ditto | ||
Eleventh Regiment of Infantry. |
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| 1 Lieutt. | Samuel Erwin | Pennsylvania | Captain | vice Hunt resigned |
| John Caldwell | Delaware | First Lieutenant | vice Ogden Quart. Mastr | |
| Charles B Green | New Jersey | ditto | vice McWhorter Paymaster | |
| William J. Anderson | " | ditto | vice Potter Adjutant | |
| 2d. Lieut. | Thomas Bullman | " | ditto | vice Reading resigned |
| " | Henry Drake | " | ditto | vice Erwin promoted. |
| Thomas Y. How | " | Second Lieutenant | vice Bullman promoted | |
| Joseph Vancleve | " | ditto | vice Read resigned | |
| Laurence Mulford | " | ditto | vice Drake promoted | |
| John Chetwood | " | Surgeon | ||
| John Howell | " | Surgeons Mate | ||
| John C. Wynans | " | " | ||
Twelfth Regiment of Infantry. |
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| Captain | Dowe J. Fondy | New York | Major | vice Hutton declined |
| 2d. Lieut. | William Cocks | " | First Lieutenant | vice Paulding declined |
| " | William Cumming | " | ditto | vice Smith Paymaster |
| " | Joseph C. Cooper | " | ditto | vice Jones declined |
| " | Thomas H. Williams | " | ditto | vice Cocks Adjutant |
| Israel Loring | " | Second Lieutenant | vice Cocks promoted | |
| Joseph Herkeimer | " | ditto | vice Harrison declined | |
| Jacob Mancius | " | ditto | vice Cumming promoted | |
| Nathaniel Smith | " | ditto | vice Cooper ditto | |
| Cornelius Kip | " | ditto | vice Hoffman promoted | |
| Tobias V. Cuyler | " | ditto | vice Williams promoted | |
| Walter B. Vrooman | " | ditto | vice Brown deceased | |
| John H. Douglas | " | Surgeons Mate | ||
| Samuel Davis | " | ditto | ||
Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry |
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| Nathaniel Ruggles | Connecticut | First Lieutenant | vice Mosely Paymaster | |
| John Beers | " | ditto | vice Clark Adjutant | |
| Nathaniel Noyes | " | Second Lieutenant | vice Wells declined | |
| Fanning Tracey | " | ditto | vice Learned declined | |
| Joseph Trowbridge | " | Surgeon | ||
| Timothy Pierce | " | Surgeons Mate | ||
| John Orton Junr | " | ditto | ||
Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry |
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| Samuel Mackay | Massachusetts | Captain | vice Pierce declined | |
| John Hastings | " | ditto | vice Lithgow ditto | |
| Henry Sargent | " | First Lieutenant | vice Beale declined | |
| Francis Barker | " | ditto | vice Soley declined | |
| William Gardner | " | ditto | vice Ashman declined | |
| Rufus Child | " | ditto | vice Duncan Paymaster | |
| Peyton Gay | " | Second Lieutent. | vice Bates declined | |
| Thomas Hale | " | ditto | vice Ingraham resigned | |
| Charles Blake | " | Surgeon | ||
Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry |
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| Eli Forbes | Massachusetts | Captain | vice Philips declined | |
| Thomas Stevens | " | First Lieutt: | vice Swan Paymaster | |
| Augustus Hunt | " | ditto | vice Cutler Quarter Mr. | |
| Nathan Parks | " | Second Lieut. | vice Hall declined. | |
| Oliver Mann | " | Surgeon | ||
| Jonathan White | " | Surgeons Mate | ||
| Ebenezer Laurence | " | ditto | ||
Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry. |
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| Rufus Graves | New Hampshire | Lieut Col. Commandant | ||
| Cornelius Lynde | Vermont | Major | ||
| Israel W Kelly | New Hampshire | First Lieutt. | vice Gardner declined | |
| Thaddeus Kendall | " | ditto | vice Hutchins ditto | |
| Marmaduke Wait | Vermont | ditto | vice Whitney ditto | |
| Benjamin F Starke | New Hampshire | Second Lieut. | vice Green ditto | |
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.