Based on my examination of the three images, here is my transcription: [Endorsement on outside of folded letter: to be / H. M[undecipherable] / encloses his [undecipherable] letter / [undecipherable] Murray / for the command of a / [undecipherable]] The President of the United States [undecipherable] Feby [undecipherable] [Salutation undecipherable] Inclosed [is] a letter from [his] hand I am informed by the [undecipherable] — (Doctor [undecipherable] Thomas [undecipherable]) Communicating [undecipherable] who [undecipherable] with me — and I have the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to Inclose a letter from Capt. Alexander [undecipherable] of his [undecipherable] — which is an offer of his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — I think [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] — I think [undecipherable] Capt. Thomas [undecipherable] Can with Confidence inform you — that Capt. Thomas [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to a man of honor[undecipherable] character. [undecipherable] his Honesty as a Brave man — his ambition [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of me, of the [undecipherable] — the use of his acqu[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the authenticity of his connections may prehaps give you weight as to the principles which act[undecipherable]: [undecipherable] him in this solicitation. I am with the greatest respect & Deference [undecipherable] [Signature undecipherable] [Endorsed: NN Murray, Alexander.]