your approbation: William Lyman, Jr., was likely the son of William Lyman, the recently appointed consul to London. On 1 Jan., Dearborn wrote to Lyman, informing him that his son would likely receive a cadet appointment in the near future. However, by the time of the appointment, Lyman and his family had already left for London (FC in Lb in DNA: RG 107, MLS; Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, 6 vols. [New York, 1885-1912], 3:619; Madison, Papers, Sec. of State Ser. description begins William T. Hutchinson, Robert A. Rutland, J. C. A. Stagg, and others, eds., The Papers of James Madison, Chicago and Charlottesville, 1962- , 43 vols.; Sec. of State Ser., 1986- , 12 vols.; Pres. Ser., 1984-2020, 11 vols.; Ret. Ser., 2009- , 3 vols. description ends , 9:449-50). Alexander John Williams and Henry Jonathan Williams were the sons of Jonathan Williams. On 17 May, Dearborn wrote to their father, informing him of their appointments (ANB description begins John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, New York and Oxford, 1999, 24 vols. description ends , s.v. “Williams, Jonathan”; FC in Lb in DNA: RG 107, LSMA; Heitman, Dictionary description begins Francis B. Heitman, comp., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1903, 2 vols. description ends , 1:1039; biographical information in PPAmP).