Box 1
Contains 92 Results:
Letter - James Barron, Hampton, to Colonel John Taylor, Washington, 1807 April 19
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Arabian horse, Selim.
Letter - James Barron, Hampton, to the Secretary of the Navy, 1807 May 31
1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the conduct of James Cosgrove, who had been a gunman on the U.S.S. Essex: "most perverse."
Letter - Robert Saunders, Williamsburg, to Commodore James Barron, Hampton, 1807 June 10
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Letter by Mrs. Cole asking that her husband be released from service on the Chesapeake.
Letter - George McIntyre, Hampton, to Col. H.M. Clavering, Argyle F. Reg., 1807 June 20
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A letter sent by Comm. Barron to Gibraltar (never delivered to Col. H.M.Clavering).
Letter - "Officers of the late U.S. Ship Chesapeake," Hampton Roads, Ben Smith, William Crane, W.H. Allen, J. Orde Creighton, Sidney Smith, and Samuel Brooke, to Rob[er]t Smith, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Washington, 1807 June 23
3 pages. Autograph Document Signed. "Sensible of the disgrace . . . in the premature surrender of the U.S. Ship Chesapeaketo the English Ship of Leopard. . . request that an order be issued for the arrest of Commander James Barron . . . ."
Cover letter - to Commodore James Barron from the Officers of the late U.S.S. Chesapeakeat anchor in Hampton Roads, 1807 June 23
1 page. Autograph Document Signed.
Copy of letter - addressed to The Lieutenants and Sailing Master on board the Frigate Chesapeake by Comdr. James Barron, 1807 June 23
1 page. Autograph Draft. He (Comdr. James Barron) has forwarded a copy of the letter of accusations, as requested.
Copy of letter - of accusations sent by officers of the Chesapeake; letter of James Barron to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy; and Abstract taken from the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake Log Book, 1807 June 23
3 pages. Autograph draft signed. An account of the half hour battle in which 3 men were killed and 16 wounded.
Copy of letter - from James Barron Frigate Chesapeake, Hampton Roads, to Rob[er]t Smith, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, 1807 June 23
1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the letter sent by his officers and his inability to travel due to his wounds.
Copy of letter - from James Barron, U.S. Frigate Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, to Rob[er]t Smith, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, 1807 June 23
2 pages. Typewritten copy. Explaining the action between the Chesapeake and the English Warship Leopard.
Letter - Comm. James Barron to Lieut. Sidney Smith, 1807 June 25
2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: divisions of cabins aboard ship.
Letter - Robert Smith, Navy Department, to James Barron, Capt. in the Navy, Hampton, Virginia, 1807 June 26
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Order to turn over command of the Frigate Chesapeake to Capt. Decatur.
Letter - [Commo. Samuel Barron] to [?], 1807 June
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1 page. Autograph Letter. Re: information needed for the Court of Enquiry of the Affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, involving his brother James Barron.
Journal Copy - Copy of a portion of the "Journal," or Log Book of the U.S. Ship Chesapeake, 1807 June
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3 pages. Autograph Document. Item was sent to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, by James Barron, by way of Capt. Gordon.
Letter - Robert Smith, Navy Department, to Capt. James Barron, Hampton, Virginia, 1807 September 12
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosing a call for a Court of Enquiry to investigate conduct of James Barron, for October 5.
Warrant - "Warrant for the Court and notice to J.B. to attend as his conduct is to be inquired into," issued by Capt. Alexander Murry for meeting on "October 5 next.", [ ] 1807
2 pages. Autograph draft.
Letter Copy - Copy of a letter from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, to Gov. William H. Cabell, 1807 June 29
1 page. Typewritten copy. Re: the chance that the Chesapeake affair might be cause for a declaration of war.
Receipt - of Stephen Decatur, Jr., for papers received from Commodore James Barron, 1807 July 1
2 pages. Autograph Document Signed.
Letter - James Barron, Back River, near Hampton, to Dr. Bolter, 1807 July 3
5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: his wound, which makes it impossible for him to sit up; and his comments on the affair of the Chesapeake and the Leopard.
Letter - James Barron, near Hampton, to Capt. C. Gordon, 1807 July
2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the action of the Chesapeake on 22 of June.
Letter - J.E. Douglas, Ship Bellona, Hampton Roads, to James Barron, 1807 July 10
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A list of the armament and complement of officers and men on the Ship Leopard; and a copy of the order of 1 June 1807 given by G. Berkeley, given in Halifax, Nova Scotia, under which the attack was made by the Leopard.
Statement - regarding the General Order of Admiral Berkeley, by James Barron, 1807
1 page. Autograph Draft.
Letter - L.W. Tazewell, Judge Advocate, U.S. Ship Chesapeake, to Commodore James Barron, Hampton, 1807 October 8
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: postponement of the trial to Friday the 16th, due to Barron's "feeble state of health."
Letter - James Barron, near Hampton, to Robert B. Taylor, 1807 December 4
2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the taking of Mr. Saunders to assist Taylor in the defense of James Barron.
Letter - Henry Hiort, Capitol Hill, City of Washington, to James Barron, 1807 December 13
2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the day fixed for the Court Martial.