Author: Smith, R.; Blount, Thomas. United States. Navy Dept
Title: Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on So Much of the Message of the President of the United States, As Relates to Aggressions Committed Within Our Ports and Waters by Foreign Armed Vessels. November 24, 1807
Description: Washington [D.C.], A. & G. Way, Printers, 1807. First edition. Removed. 4 pp. 8vo. Letter from Robert Smith, secretary of the Navy, correcting errors made in the report originally sent to Thomas Blount regarding the attack & surrender of the USS Chesapeake to the British HMS Leopard. The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair was a humiliating defeat for the unprepared Americans, resulting in the suspension of James Barron's command, as well as Jefferson's unpopular Embargo Act of 1807, which was signed into law a month after this report. American Imprints 13946. A very good copy, trimmed at an angle, with browning at some edges.
Keywords: , Americana, Nautical, Colonial & Early America, Pamphlet Nautical
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Title: Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on So Much of the Message of the President of the United States, As Relates to Aggressions Committed Within Our Ports and Waters by Foreign Armed Vessels. November 24, 1807
Description: Washington [D.C.], A. & G. Way, Printers, 1807. First edition. Removed. 4 pp. 8vo. Letter from Robert Smith, secretary of the Navy, correcting errors made in the report originally sent to Thomas Blount regarding the attack & surrender of the USS Chesapeake to the British HMS Leopard. The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair was a humiliating defeat for the unprepared Americans, resulting in the suspension of James Barron's command, as well as Jefferson's unpopular Embargo Act of 1807, which was signed into law a month after this report. American Imprints 13946. A very good copy, trimmed at an angle, with browning at some edges.
Keywords: , Americana, Nautical, Colonial & Early America, Pamphlet Nautical
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 37542
- Book number: 37542
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