by John Marshall

“ My Lord, – Permit me with all humility to represent to your lordship, that I have been in the naval service since 1794, in which period have been entrusted with command on shore as well as on board; nay, volunteered myself in the West India islands, as well in the Irish rebellion [2] ; served also in the expedition to Holland, by which sustained loss of time, and have, for two years past served in the Red Sea, from which have but recently returned; have passed for lieutenant abroad us well as at home ”

“ We subsequently find him serving as a petty officer under Captains Thomas Revell Shivers, and John Griffin Saville, in the Standard 64, and Experiment 44, armed en flûte, on the North Sea, Channel, Irish, and Baltic stations, for a period of two years. In Sept. 1798, he was discharged from the latter ship at the Helder, by order of Vice-Admiral Andrew Mitchell, to serve in the flotilla on the Dutch canals, commanded by Sir Home Popham, to whom he had been recommended as “a person very well worthy of protection and notice.” ”

“ I should recommend your endeavouring to get into a flag-ship, as the best way of getting forward, circumstanced as you are. I am. Sir, Yours very truly,
(Signed) ⁠“T.R. Shivers.” “To Mr. Bartholomew.” ”