Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 1790-1858 to John B. Marchand
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02680.03 Author/Creator: Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 1790-1858 Place Written: San Francisco, California Type: Letter signed Date: 10 October 1849 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.5 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy
Denying Marchand's request to be relieved of his post and return home. "I can see nothing in your situation oppressive or even unusual in the naval service...It is a great innovation upon usage, and the obligations of Commissioned officers to their country to suppose, that they, like enlisted persons engage for a limited term and at the expiration thereof have a right to go home, no such right exists while their services are required abroad." Written on board "Flag Ship 'Savannah.'"
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