From John Adams to United States Senate, 13 February 1801
United States Feb 13 1801
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate James A. Bayard, member of the house of Representatives from the State of Delaware to be minister plenipotentiary from the United States to the French republic
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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