Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Barron Papers (I)
Collection
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...
Dates:
1766-1899
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
George Washington Campbell Printed Letter about the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Collection
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.
Dates:
1808 January 22
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center