commendatory letter

She said she had no recollection of having asked the union for a commendatory letter.

Fellow officers say he has received far more commendatory letters from citizens than most officers have.

The book opens with several commendatory letters and prefaces.

For his services aboard this ship he received a commendatory letter from the Secretary of the Navy.

The tickets were regarded as commendatory letters.

With the award the Secretary transmitted a highly commendatory letter reciting the story of the brave man's heroism.

To make assurance doubly sure, proofs were sent out to prominent officials of leading fraternal organizations, who returned them with most commendatory letters.

A commendatory letter from Erasmus gained him the good offices of Sir Thomas More.

He suggests that as long as it is realized that it was only a commendatory letter no mistake can arise.

In addition to his poem, Oxford also contributed a commendatory letter setting forth the reasons why Bedingfield should publish.

Sestero submitted the screenplay to Hughes Productions and received a commendatory letter from filmmaker John Hughes.

He contributed a commendatory letter in Latin prefixed to John Gerard's Great Herbal (first edition, 1597).

He was aboard that battleship in 1929 when she won the Gunnery Trophy and he received a commendatory letter from the Secretary of the Navy.

He was mustered out of the service at Richmond on 13 June 1865, having received highly commendatory letters from the generals on whose staff he had served.

The abbey library and its schools were of such high repute that Pope Alexander III wrote a commendatory letter to the Abbot Peter, which survives.

A welcome had already been assured these first missionaries of the congregation by a commendatory letter (1 June 1888) of Leo XIII addressed to the American bishops.

It was from Daniel that the latter received commendatory letters when he started for Rome, and to Daniel he continually turned for counsel during his missionary labours in Germany.

Other resolutions have to do with the creation of new sees and missionary jurisdictions, Commendatory Letters, and a voluntary spiritual tribunal in cases of doctrine and the due subordination of synods.

A number of commendatory letters have been received from officers of the Army testifying to the great assistance rendered by these gunboats and destroyers and to the praiseworthy conduct of the officers and men."

An incorrect list of popes follows, ending with, "and to Damasus Siricius, who is to-day our colleague, with whom the whole world with us agrees by the communication of commendatory letters in the fellowship of one communion.

In the summer of 1618 Loftus went to England, carrying with him a commendatory letter from Lord-deputy St. John and his council, and in the following year he was made one of the commissioners of the court of wards.

In contrast, Fegan noted that after Hope had been "adjudicated bankrupt," she had asked him for "a commendatory letter to take with her to America, and it was my painful duty to tell her that I did not feel I could do so."

Mayo gave Böhler a commendatory letter for Arbuthnot Lane in London, who was one of the leading European doctors in surgical fracture treatment, but the breakout of World War I made it impossible for Böhler to visit Lane.

Brigadier General Albertus Wright Catlin of the United States Marine Corps (December 1, 1868-May 31, 1933) after commanding the 3rd Regiment at Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914, was issued a commendatory letter by the Secretary of the Navy for courage and skill in leading his command.

Governor Yates manifested an earnest desire to see it brought into the service, and sent General O. L. Mann (then known as Captain) to Washington, with strong commendatory letters to the President and Secretary of War, urging the acceptance of the Regiment, which at this time had over 800 men on the roles.