Adams, John (1735-1826) to William North
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03757 Author/Creator: Adams, John (1735-1826) Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 16 July 1798 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.2 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy
Adams as president asks North as Senator from New York, to attend an important session of the Senate where he will communicate new information, probably in relation to the creation of the Provisional Army or the Quasi War with France. On 19 July 1798 North was appointed adjutant general of the army, which carried the rank of brigadier general. In March 1799 he became chief of staff to General Alexander Hamilton. North left the Senate in August 1798 after the New York legislature voted in James Watson.
The President of the United States,
To William North,
Senator for the State of New York
Certain matters touching the public good requiring that the Session of the Senate for Executive Business should be continued, and that the members thereof should convene on Tuesday the Seventeenth day of July instant; you are desired to attend at the Senate Chamber in Philadelphia on that day, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to receive and deliberate on such communications as shall be made to you on my part.
United States John Adams
July 16, 1798.
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