From James Madison to the Senate, 24 February 1817
To the Senate
February 24. 1817
I nominate
The Rev. Cheever Felch, Acting Chaplain, to be a Chaplain in the Navy of the United States.
James Madison
RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A2). In a clerk’s hand, signed and dated by JM.