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5789. NAVY, Secretary of.—

I believe I
shall have to advertise for a Secretary of the
Navy. General Smith is performing the duties
gratis, as he refuses both commission and salary,
even his expenses, lest it should affect his
seat in the House of Representatives.—
To Gouverneur Morris. Ford ed., viii, 49.
(W. May. 1801)

See Lear.