Item #41348 Documents Relative to the Claim of Mrs. Decatur, with her Earnest Request that the Gentlemen of Congress will do her the Favor to Read Them. Commodore Stephen DECATUR.

Documents Relative to the Claim of Mrs. Decatur, with her Earnest Request that the Gentlemen of Congress will do her the Favor to Read Them.

Washington. James C. Dunn., near the General Post-Office. 1834. 8vo, 22cm, 51p., disbound, toned and foxed, pp25-26 text loss, top third of the page, printing clear, sound, good only, (Pol). Item #41348

~A famous American duel. A variety of letters, circulars and opinions regarding Mrs. Decatur's claim for her deceased husbands's prize money from his Mediterranean expeditions. Commodore Decatur died in a duel with Commodore James Barron in 1820.

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