Item #003828G MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT OF ENQUIRY, INTO THE OFFICIAL CONDUCT OF CAPT. ISAAC HULL, AS COMMANDANT IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CONVENED AT THE NAVY-YARD IN SAID CHARLESTOWN, ON THE 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1822.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT OF ENQUIRY, INTO THE OFFICIAL CONDUCT OF CAPT. ISAAC HULL, AS COMMANDANT IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CONVENED AT THE NAVY-YARD IN SAID CHARLESTOWN, ON THE 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1822.

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT OF ENQUIRY, INTO THE OFFICIAL CONDUCT OF CAPT. ISAAC HULL, AS COMMANDANT IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CONVENED AT THE NAVY-YARD IN SAID CHARLESTOWN, ON THE 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1822.

Washington D. C. Davis & Force, (Franklin's Head), 1822. First Edition. Fine. Item #003828G

A fine, rebound copy with new end papers. First Printing. Listed Sabin 524. CAPT. ISAAC HULL WAS A COMMODORE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE COMMANDED THE USS CONSTITUTION (OLD IRONSIDES), AND SAW SERVICE IN THE BARBARY WARS 1801-1805 AND 1815 WITH THE BARBARY STATES IN AFRICA AND THE WAR OF 1812 WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

A COURT OF INQUIRY CONVENED AFTER COMPLAINTS FROM JUNIOR OFFICERS MAD PUBLIC ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HULL. ON OCT. 15th 1822 THE COURT COUND HULL ACTED PROPERLY & WITHING HIS SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.

FROM 1823-1827 HE HAD COMMAND OF THE PACIFIC SQUADRON OPERATING OUT OF SO. AMERICA ABOARD THE USS UNITED STATES.

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Price: $1,200.00

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