Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting, in Obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the Twenty-Second Instant, Copies of the Proceedings of the Court Martial Ordered by Commodore Isaac Chauncey, on the Mediterranean Station, for the Trial of Captain Oliver H. Perry; also, for the Trial of Captain John Heath of the Marine Corps
Washington, (DC): Printed by E. De Krafft, 1818. First edition, House Doc. 66. 8vo. 34 pp. With the ownership signature of Henry St. George Tucker at the head of the title page; Tucker (1780-1848; jurist, U.S. Congressman, 1815-1819) is best known for a trio of legal treatises, Commentaries of the..... More