From John Adams to United States Senate
9 February 1799
| Gentlemen of the Senate |
Phyladelphia Feb. 9 1799 |
I nominate the following List of Officers for the Army
| Lieutenant Colonel |
| Timothy Taylor |
Connecticut |
| Majors |
| John Ripley |
Connecticut |
|
Jabez Huntington |
Connecticut |
| Captains |
| John Benjamin |
Connecticut. |
| John Meigs |
ditto |
| Elihu Sandford |
ditto |
| Stephen Ranney |
ditto |
| Samuel Blakeslee |
ditto |
Amherst Phelps Jonathan Root |
Connecticut |
| John Bulford |
ditto |
| Asa Copeland |
ditto |
| William Young Jun |
ditto |
| Coleby Chew |
ditto |
| Lieutenants |
| Samuel Waugh |
Connecticut |
| Lemuel Harrison |
ditto |
| Bennet Bronson |
ditto |
| Reuben Hurd |
ditto |
| Trueman Mosely |
ditto |
| John Knox |
Connecticut |
| William W Cheney |
ditto |
| Lodowick Gallup |
ditto |
| John Eells |
ditto |
| Waters Clark |
ditto |
| Ensigns |
| Salmon Clark |
Connecticut. |
| Peter N. Brinsmade |
ditto |
| Trueman Hinman |
ditto |
|
Walter Smith |
ditto |
| Joseph A. Wells |
ditto |
| James Gordon |
Connecticut |
| Ebenezer Learned |
ditto |
| Peter Richards |
ditto |
| Robert Hosmer |
ditto |
| Solomon Allen |
ditto |
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
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