Recommending Alexander Murray for Command of a Frigate

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Murray recommends Captain Alexander Murray as a man well equipped to provide services in the Naval Department. He is a man of honor and good character, amiable in his manner and a brave man. His ambition is to command one of the ships.

Date

1794

Document number

1794999960001

Page start

1

Notable persons

George Washington
William Vans Murray
Mr. Carrol
Doctor Murray of Annapolis

Notable items

ease of his circumstances
respectability of his connections
solicitation