Manifest of charges preferred to the Navy Department and subsequently to Congress, against Jesse Duncan Elliott, Esq., a Captain in the Navy of the United States, for unlawful conduct while Commodore of the late Mediterranean Squadron; and a refutation of the recrimination raised by that officer. By Charles Crillon Barton of the United States Navy. by Barton, Charles Crillon - 1839

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

[Washington], 1839. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 46, [2], xxiv. Removed from nonce volume with more recent staples and paper repair covering the spine. Light toning to the margins; light and occasional tidelines; rubber stamp the now defunct Mercantile Library; chip to the fore-edge margin of the final leaf just touching a few words. Controversy plagued Capt. Elliott's naval career. During the Battle of Lake Erie, some, including Commodore Perry, thought he held back too long thus causing serious damage to the American forces. Here are published the charges brought by junior officers concerning Elliott's actions during the command of the Mediterranean Squadron. Sabin lists [Washington] as the place of publication while American Imprints tentatively suggests [Philadelphia?]. Sabin 8458; American Imprints 54301; Howes B-215.

[Philadelphia?, 1839. pp 46, xxiv. Disbound, scattered light foxing. Contemporary title page signature of Thomas Forrest Betton. Good+. One of many disputes in which the disputatious and litigious Elliott embroiled himself during a long and controversial naval career. Elliott's "last cruise, made in 1835-38 as commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Squadron, was marked by many exhibitions of good will to the numerous potentates whom he visited in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Within the squadron, however, there was much discord and he arrived home with several disgruntled subalterns. They preferred charges against him-- thirteen in all-- some of which now seem ludicrous. Jackson's administration had been succeeded by one much less friendly to the commodore and he was found guilty and sentenced to suspension from the navy for four years..." DAB. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 3828. AI 54301 [5].