John Rodgers to Isaac Mayo Regarding the Post of Superintendent of a Naval School on Board the Frigate Guerriere, 17 October 1827
Auteur : John Rodgers
Date de publication : 1827
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Résumé du livre
Marked Private. Captain Rodgers writes to Lieutenant Mayo who is in Annapolis, Maryland. Says Secretary of the Navy Southard is about to appoint a lieutenant to superintend the naval school just established on board the frigate Guerriere at Norfolk, Virginia. State the pay will be equal to that of a Lieutenant Commander. Informs Mayo he will be appointed if he desires the post. Signed note on verso by Mayo says It was kind in the old Comr. to remember me - but I declined the offer... Says Rodgers' good opinion of him is quite a compliment.