MANIFEST OF THE 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.
[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..... More