From John Adams to United States Senate, 4 February 1801
United States, February 4. 1801
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate the Gentlemen in the following List to fill the Offices to which they are designated in it—
Cavalry.
| Alexander Macomb, junr: | New York— | Second Lieutenant |
First Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers.
| Cadet Jared Brooks | Lieutenant | |
| Robert Gray | Pennsylvania | Ditto |
| Cadet Lewis Landais | Ditto | |
| Cadet William Murray | Ditto | |
| Cadet Joseph Cross | Ditto | |
| Peter Lampkin | Virginia | Ditto |
| John B. Barnes | Maryland | Ditto |
| Addison B. Armistead | Virginia | Ditto |
| George Armistead | Ditto | Ditto |
| Charles Hunt | Massachusetts | Ditto |
| Enos Noland | Maryland | Ditto |
| Clarence Mulford | New–Jersey | Ditto |
| John F. Powell | Virginia | Ditto |
| Hezekiah W. Bissell | Connecticut | Ditto |
| Kilian P. Van Rensselaer | New York | Ditto |
| Henry Tillery | New Hampshire | Ditto |
| Enoch Humphrey | Connecticut | Ditto |
Second Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers.
| Jonathan Williams | Pennsylvania | Major |
| John Lillie | Massachusetts | Captain. |
| Lloyd Beall | Maryland | Ditto. |
| Josiah Dunham | New Hampshire | Ditto. |
| Thomas Brindley | Rhode–Island | Lieutenant |
| William Wilson | Maryland | Ditto |
| John Walbach | Ditto | |
| Cadet James Wilson | Ditto | |
| Lewis Howard | New–Jersey | Ditto |
| Augustus Hunt | Massachusetts | Ditto |
| Cadet Pearson Titcomb | Ditto | |
| Cadet John Grange | Ditto | |
| Cadet Samuel Seaton | Ditto | |
| Waters Clark | Connecticut | Ditto |
| William Cocks | New York | Ditto |
| John Heiskell | Virginia | Ditto |
| George Peter | Maryland | Ditto |
| Nathan Parks | Massachusetts | Ditto |
| Jesse Lull | Vermont | Ditto |
| Augustus Strong | Connecticut | Ditto |
| Samuel Welch | Massachusetts | Ditto |
First Regiment of Infantry
| George W. Kirkland | New York | First Lieutenant |
| James Ashman | Pennsylvania | Ditto |
| Ninian Pinkney | Maryland | Ditto |
| William Swan | Massachusetts | Ditto |
| Sylvester G. Whipple | New Hampshire | Ditto |
| Thomas W: Williams | Massachusetts | Second Lieutenant |
| Benjamin Wallace | Pennsylvania | Ditto |
| William Carson | Ditto | Ditto |
First Regiment of Infantry Continued
| Horatio Stark | Virginia | Second Lieutenant |
| Simon Owens | Ditto | Ditto |
| Joseph C. Cooper | New–York | Ditto |
| Robert G. Barde | South–Carolina | Ditto |
| Benjamin Wilkinson | Maryland | Ditto |
| Ambrose Whitlock | North Western Territory | Ditto |
| Bartholomew D. Armistead | Virginia | Ditto |
Second Regiment of Infantry.
| John Brahan | Virginia | Second Lieutenant |
| William Elliott | Maryland | Ditto |
| Daniel Hughes | Ditto | Ditto |
| Robert Bell | Virginia | Ditto |
| Uriah Blue | Ditto | Ditto |
| John Duer | New York | Ditto |
| John Hinson | Mississippi Territory | Ditto |
| Joseph Miller | Pennsylvania | Ditto |
| Cadet William H. Wooldridge | Ditto |
Third Regiment of Infantry
| Samuel Erwine | Pennsylvania | First Lieutenant |
| William Potter | New Jersey | Ditto |
| Elhanan W Wheeler | New York | Ditto |
| Samuel B. Magaw | Pennsylvania | Ditto |
| Philip S. Schuyler | New York | Ditto |
| John Williams | Virginia | Second Lieutenant |
| Alexander Cooper | Maryland | Ditto |
| Thomas Lee | Pennsylvania | Ditto |
| Daniel Baker | Vermont | Ditto |
| Henry Brevoort | Ditto | |
| John Hylton | Maryland | Ditto |
Third Regiment of Infantry, Continued
| Henry R. Graham | Second Lieutenant | |
| Richard Skinner | Ditto | |
| James Smith Junr. | Pennsylvania | Ditto |
| John W. Brownson | Vermont | Ditto |
Fourth Regiment of Infantry.
| William Gardner | Massachusetts | Second Lieutenant. |
| Benjamin Nowland | Maryland | Ditto |
| James Cunningham | Massachusetts | Ditto |
| Gassaway W. Harwood | Maryland | Ditto |
| Wilkinson Jones | Ditto | Ditto |
| Edmund P. Gaines | Tennessee | Ditto |
| Henry Hopkins | Maryland | Ditto |
| James Wilkinson Jr. | Ditto | Ditto |
| Richard Buck | Pennsylvania | Ditto. |
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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