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2 copies. Autograph Document Signed. Attested Thomas Latimore.

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3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bill allowing five years pay for Barron's father's Revolutionary services has passed the House of Delegates; the President [of the U.S.] has not directed a Court of Enquiry, but has forced Barron to demand one for himself.

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2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the sending of a pair of spectacles to Barron.

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1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Marked "Private." Instructed by the President of the U. States to enquire whether it would be agreeable to Barron to take command of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.

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3 pages. Autograph copies. Re: James Barron, to be held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on or before 10 May.

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2 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Re: the residence of James Barron in Copenhagen, his trips in 1811 and 1812, and his desire to be of use to his country in the War, after he was detained in Copenhagen.

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3 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: Commo. James Barron, orig. dated 20 April 1820.

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10 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence regarding the Court of Enquiry on Barron and the pamphlet [on the duel] that Elliot is publishing.

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6 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the arrangements for the Court of Enquiry and the discussions between Smith Thompson and James Barron which have led up to it; mention of the President's interest in the case. n.d. Typed copy of the above. TCop. 3 pages.

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2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Asking the influence of Barron toward the candidacy of Gen'l Pryor for a Marshallship.

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2 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: representing Barron at the Court of Enquiry in New York.

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3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Purchased from Charles Hamilton, 1974. n.d. Typed copy of the above. Typed Copy. 1 page.

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1 page. Autograph Document Signed. "That, the want of funds alone kept him (James Barron) from returning to his country" during the war. Folder 12 [1821]. Testimony of James Barron at the trial. ADr. 4 pages. (incomplete). See printed report of the Court of Enquiry. Proceedings, Box 13.

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2 copies. Autograph Draft.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This box contains the papers of 1821 which are concerned almost entirely with correspondence and other material related to the Naval Court of Enquiry held at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. The enquiry covered (1) the accusation made by W. Lewis in a letter of 7 September 1811 to the Secretary of the Navy, regarding remarks reported to have been made by Barron while in Portugal on a commercial trip regarding the Chesapeake- Leopard Affair and (2) the desire of Barron to return to active service in...

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Pages 9-11. Autograph Draft.

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1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for appointment to sail under James Barron.

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Autograph Letter Signed. Re: survey of land of Comm. Barron. Enclosure: surveyor's plot.

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3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: this interest of the people in Norfolk in the results of the Court of Enquiry.

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6 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the appearance of Cleveland at the Court of Enquiry, and criticism of the "stupid, unmeaning, milk and water decision of the Court."

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5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the Court of Enquiry and the Sentence of the Court in which one member did not concur and which [President] Monroe did not sign.

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2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. A report of the attempts of James Barron to return to the U.S. from Sweden on the John Adams.

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2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.

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1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Best wishes for the outcome of the enquiry.

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6 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Countersigned by Ino E. Hall, Mayor. Answers to questions put by Lt. Wheaton, Judge Advocate.