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Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James Barron Collection

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-503
Scope and Contents

A typescript of newspaper articles from the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, published from June 9-13, 1808. Barron made an appeal to the publisher of the paper, John Cowper, to publish his defense before the court martial regarding the 1807 Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, which took place off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1808; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

John C. Emmerson, Jr. Collection

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-525
Scope and Contents

Book reviews, advertisements, and newspaper clippings relating to John C. Emmerson, Jr.'s books: The Steam Boat Comes to Norfolk Harbor and The Chesapeake Affair of 1807.

Dates: created: 1949-1950, 1954-1955, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

The Man Who Killed Decatur: Commodore James Barron, USN Typescript

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-667
Scope and Contents

One 1961-1962 typescript for William Oliver Stevens's biography of Commodore James Barron, which was later titled An Affair of Honor: The Biography of Commodore James Barron, U. S. N.

Dates: created: 1962; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1962