From John Adams to United States Senate

20 January 1801

Gentlemen of the Senate.

United States Jan 20th 1801.

I nominate John Marshall Secretary of State to be a Chief Justice of the United States in the place of John Jay who has declined his appointment

John Adams

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

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