President John Adams's Nomination of George Washington to be Lieutenant General

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Gentlemen of the Senate

I nominate George Washington of Mount Vernon to be Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of all the Armies raised or to be raised in the United States.

John Adams

United States July 2d
1798

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.

National Archives Identifier: 306289

Full Citation: Message of President John Adams nominating George Washington to be Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the Armies raised or to be raised in the United States; 7/2/1798; Anson McCook Collection of Presidential Signatures, 1789 – 1975; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/adams-nomination-washington/, April 6, 2026]

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