[I. 82] War Department 24 June 1799. Sir. The following names appear best supported, for medical appointments to the 13^th or L^t Col. Taylors Regiment. viz. Joseph Trowbridge. Recommended by D^o Colone Taylor. Timothy Pierce Litchfield. D^o by Gen^l Tracy. John Spalding, by a number of respectable characters. Should these Doctors be acceptable, I request your authority to announce to them their appointments: at the same time, as I expect every day, to hear, either that Mr. Spalding is agreeable to Col Taylor, or that he prefers some other person as mate, I pray also to be authorised to make the substitution. I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect Sir your most Ob^t James McHenry John Adams President of the United States.