Michael Morphy appointed US consul to Malaga

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This is the text of the appointment of Michael Morphy as US consul for Malaga.

To Michael Murphy Esq.  Philadelphia, March 2nd, 1793

Sir, The President of the United States desiring to avail the public of your services as Counsul for the Port of Malaga in the Kingdom of Spain, I have now the honor of inclosing you the Commission and a copy of the Laws of the United States, together with the copy of a circular letter written to our Consuls and Vice Consuls the 26th August 1790 to serve as their standing instructions.

I am with sentiments of proper esteem, Sir Th. Jefferson United States Secretary of State

Source: transcribed in the book Paul Morphy: the pride and sorrow of chess by David Lawson. Miguel or Michael Morphy was the famous chess-player Paul Morphy's grandfather.

In the book, David Lawson states that Michael Morphy continued on as American consul at Malaga until the end of the century; another was appointed in January 1800. It would appear that he died some months before this date, for nothing further is known of him after his exchange of letters with Timothy Pickering in 1799.

• Lawson, David Paul Morphy, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess. (1976) McKay. ISBN 978-0-679-13044-4. The only English-language book-length biography of Morphy, correcting numerous historical errors that have cropped up. A version edited by Thomas Aiello and published by the University of Lousiana in 2010 is available on Kindle.

The annexes of the include correspondence with Thomas Jefferson , as well as the text of his will.