Letterbook, 1801-1820 (inclusive), 1801-1805, 1820 (bulk).

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Letterbook, 1801-1820 (inclusive), 1801-1805, 1820 (bulk).

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Letters and orders of the United States Navy Department; details of the naval campaign in the Mediterranean against Tripoli and other Barbary states; also letters concerning the duel between Stephen Decatur and James Barron, 1820.

1 v. ; 26 cm.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820

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Barron, James, 1769-1851

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