trial abbot joel defendant (1 résultats)

Boston: Russell & Gardner, 1822. First edition. (illustrateur). Boston: Russell & Gardner, 1822. First edition. Copy of a Report of an Early U.S. Navy Court Martial with an Interesting Provenance [Trial]. [Abbot, Joel (1793-1855), Defendant]. Trial of Lieutenant Joel Abbot by the General Naval Court Martial, Holden on Board the U.S. Ship Independence, At the Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on Allegations Made Against Him, by Capt. David Porter, Navy Commissioner. To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing Sundry Documents in Relation to the Management of Affairs on the Boston Station. Boston: Printed by Russell & Gardner, 1822. 164, 72, [1] pp. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into recent three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands gilt title and blind publication date to spine. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, moderate toning to interior, light foxing to a few sections, marks in early pen to margins of a few leaves, early inscription to front endleaf: "Presented to the Honble/ Churchill C. Cambreleng/ Member of the U.S. Congress/ [Geo.] Washington" ("Geo." added in a later, mischievous, hand). $500. * First edition, one of two issues, the other published in Washington, DC, by Davis and Force the same year. Abbott was a distinguished naval officer who fought on the frigate President during the War of 1812. He was tried, on charges brought by Porter, for making "scandalous and false insinuations" of corruption against his superior officer, Captain Isaac Hull, perhaps the greatest American naval hero of the War of 1812. Found guilty, Abbot was suspended from the naval service for the period of two years. Churchill Caldom Cambreleng [1786-1862] was a New York City merchant and politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1821 to 1839, where he was a prominent member who chaired several high-profile committees. He later served as U.S. Minister to Russia from 1840 to 1841. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 13396.