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John Adams to United States Senate, February 1, 1797
[ February 1797 ] Gentlemen of the Senate If, in the general Apprehension of an intention to retire in that most eminent Citizen, to whom all Eyes had been directed…
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Letters to United States Senate
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John Adams to United States Senate, February 23, 1797
[ 23 Feb. 1797 ] An Address so respectful and affectionate as this from Gentlemen of such Experience and established Character in public Affairs, high Stations in the Government of…
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John Adams to United States Senate, May 19, 1797
United States—May 19th 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate. I nominate Joshua Sands of New york to be Collector of the District of New york, Vice. John Lamb dismissed. John Adams
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John Adams to United States Senate, May 20, 1797
United States 20 May 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, to be Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the King of Prussia John…
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John Adams to United States Senate, May 24, 1797
[ , Start insertion, 24 May 1797 , End, ] Mr: Vice President and Gentlemen of the Senate.— It would be an affectation in me, to dissemble the pleasure I…
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John Adams to United States Senate, May 26, 1797
United States, May 26, 1797. Gentlemen of the Senate: I lay before you, for your consideration and advice, a treaty of perpetual peace and friendship between the United States of…
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John Adams to United States Senate, June 15, 1797
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John Adams to United States Senate, June 20, 1797
United States June 20th. 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate the Honourable Elbridge Gerry Esqr of Massachusetts to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, to the French Republic jointly…
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John Adams to United States Senate, July 3, 1797
United States July 3d 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate James Simons of South Carolina to be Collector of the District of Charleston in the place of Isaac Holmes…
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John Adams to United States Senate, July 6, 1797
United States June 6. [ , Start insertion, July , End, ] 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate William Smith of Charleston South Carolina to be Minister Plenipotentiary of…
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John Adams to United States Senate, July 7, 1797
United States July 7th 1797— Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Jeremiah Smith of New Hampshire to be Attorney of the United States for that district, in the room of…
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John Adams to United States Senate, November 24, 1797
United States November 24th. 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Otway Bird of Virginia to be Collector of the District of Norfolk in that State, in the Place of…
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John Adams to United States Senate, November 28, 1797
United States November 28. 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate. I thank you for this Address. When, after the most laborious investigation, and serious reflection, without partial considerations, or personal motives,…
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John Adams to United States Senate, November 29, 1797
United States November 29. 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate David Leonard Barns of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to be the Attorney for the United States in that…
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John Adams to United States Senate, December 21, 1797
United States December 21. 1797 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate William Linton of Virginia, to be Collector and Inspector of the Customs for the District of Dumfries and Newport,…
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John Adams to United States Senate, January 1, 1798
United States January 1. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Arthur Sinclair to be Governor of the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio for…
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John Adams to United States Senate, January 8, 1798
United States January 8. 1798. Gentlemen of the Senate The Situation of Affairs, between Some of the Citizens of the United States, and the Cherokee Indians, has evinced the Propriety…
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John Adams to United States Senate, January 23, 1798
United States—January 23d 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate The William Miller, whom I nominated some days ago, to be Commissioner of the Revenue is, William Miller, the second of that…
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John Adams to United States Senate, February 14, 1798
United States February 14. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Nathaniel Rogers Esquire of New Hampshire to be Supervisor of the Revenue for that District in the Place of…
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John Adams to United States Senate, March 8, 1798
United States March 8 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate— I nominate the following Gentlemen to be Officers in the navy of the United States Viz John Adams
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John Adams to United States Senate, March 12, 1798
United States March 12th 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate— I nominate Samuel Winslow Esquire of Massachusetts to be Surveyor and Inspector of the Revenue for the port of Thomaston in…
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John Adams to United States Senate, March 27, 1798
United States March 27, 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Griffith John McRee Esqr. of North Carolina to be Collector for the District of Wilmington in that State, in…
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John Adams to United States Senate, April 5, 1798
United States April 5. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Edward Prebble of Massachusetts to be first Lieutenant of the Frigate The Constitution in the Place of Benjamin Lee…
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John Adams to United States Senate, April 25, 1798
United States April 25th 1798— Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate the following persons for promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States— John Adams