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James Barron Papers (I)

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Identifier: Mss. 65 B27
Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

George Washington Campbell Printed Letter about the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

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Identifier: SC 00679
Scope and Contents

Printed letter about the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, dated January 22, 1808 and written in Washington, D.C.  Letter is from G.W. Campbell to Isaiah Midkiff (?) of Rutledge, Tennessee and was franked by Campbell.  G.W. Campbell gives details about the Affair, the president's response and his opinion about the affair.

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Adams, John, 1735-1826 1
Barron, James, 1769-1851 1
Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820 1
Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845 1
Elliott, Jesse Duncan, 1782-1845 1
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Green, Duff, 1791-1875 1
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869 1
Midkiff, Isaiah 1
Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844 1
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