Mr North to John Adams, June 5, 1798

5th June 1798

Mr North having been informed that several Gentlemen are recommended to His Excellency. The President, for the command of the Ship about to be armed & equiped at New York, thinks it a duty to join in any recommendation which may be offered in favour of Captain Thomas Robinson of that City, & who has sailed out of the Port of New York for fifteen Years & upwards. This Gentleman is in the full Vigor of < , Start deletion, [. . .] , End, > life, is a Seaman, & master of his Profession, a Man of honour, & fit to command. Impressed at the close of the revolutionary War, he was Obliged to remain on board a British Ship of face. though Young, from the Manlyness, & propriety of his behaviour, he was appointed, & did duty for some time as an Officer, on board the ship.

The confidence which may be placed in Captain Robinson either as a man of Courage, & Ability, or with respect to the propriety of his Political Opinions, he will not disappoint.

This Statement, Mr North respectfully submits To His Excellency The President of the United States.