From Thomas Jefferson to United States Senate, 11 February 1809
Feb. 11. 1809.
To the Senate of the United States.
I nominate Peter Gansevoort junr. of New York to be a Brigadier General in the troops raised by virtue of an act entitled ‘An act to raise for a limited time an Additional military force’
Wade Hampton of South Carolina to be a Brigadier General in the same.
Th: Jefferson
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.