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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Copies of parts of correspondence between Comm're Truxton and the Secretary of the Navy, 1802-1805

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: id165468
Scope and Contents

Autograph copy.

Dates: 1802-1805
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 1

Letter, 1802 March 13

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: id165469
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

Robert Smith writes that no Captain is available for such a secondary position aboard ship. He accepts Truxton's resignation and appoints Capt. Morris to command the Chesapeake.

Dates: 1802 March 13
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 1

Letter, 1805 September 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: id165470
Scope and Contents

Comm. Truxton denies that he intended to resign his commission but only meant to be relieved of the command of the Mediterranean Squadron.

Dates: 1805 September 7
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Papers (I) / Box 1