From John Adams to United States Senate

7 May 1800

Gentlemen of the Senate

United States May 7th 1800

I nominate the Honorable John Marshall Esqr. of Virginia to be Secretary of the department of War, in the place of the Honorable James Mc. Henry Esqr, who has requested that he may be permitted to resign, & that his resignation be accepted, to take place on the first day of June next.

John Adams

DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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