ALS : to Eleuthère Young, 1843 Feb. 8.

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ALS : to Eleuthère Young, 1843 Feb. 8.

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The letter, from J. McAllister Young of Rockland, Del., to his brother, Eleuthère Young, concerns his opinions of Mackenzie and the Somers Mutiny.

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Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848

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afterwards Slidell Mackenzie; Lieutenant; US Navy; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x00031f ...

Young, J. McAllister (John McAllister), b. 1824.

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The Somers Mutiny occurred on November 26, 1842, aboard the U.S. training brig SOMERS, while en route from the African coast to New York. Acting-Midshipman Philip Spencer, a son of the secretary of war, and two accomplices were hanged on December 1, after a trial by a shipboard court of inquiry and at the urging of the captain, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. The act outraged public opinion, but Mackenzie was acquitted by a subsequent court-martial. From the description of ALS : to Eleu...