ADAMS JOHN Autograph Letter Signed as President to Peter St

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TO THE SHIP'S SURGEON OF "OLD IRONSIDES" ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, as President, to Peter St. Medard, requesting that he continue to serve as Surgeon aboard the USS Constitution. 1 page, 4to, with integral blank; faint scattered foxing, short closed tear at upper edge affecting dateline. Quincy, 14 July 1799

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"I request you to act as Surgeon on Board the Constitution as you have done from the 17th of December last. I shall write this day to the Secretary of the Navy to Send you a Commission in form, to meet you at Norfolk."
Pierre St. Medard (1755-1827) served between 1798 and 1801 as Surgeon aboard the Constitution, which, during this period, was engaged in the Quasi-War against France.