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    Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March
    Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March
    Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March
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    Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March

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      Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March - James Barron

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      Title: Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron

      which led to the unfortunate meeting of the twenty-second of March

      Author: Stephen Decatur

      James Barron

      Release Date: November 22, 2010 [EBook #34393]

      Language: English

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      CORRESPONDENCE,

      BETWEEN THE LATE

      COMMODORE STEPHEN DECATUR

      AND

      COMMODORE JAMES BARRON,

      WHICH LED TO THE

      UNFORTUNATE MEETING

      OF THE

      TWENTY SECOND OF MARCH

      BOSTON:

      PRINTED BY RUSSELL & GARDNER.

      1820.

      The friends of the late Commodore Decatur, have learned, with very great regret, that misconceptions injurious to him prevail, and are extending, relative to the difference between him and Commodore Barron. To place the subject in its true light, they have thought it necessary to submit to the public, without comment, the whole correspondence which preceded the meeting.

      CORRESPONDENCE, &c.

      No. 1.

      HAMPTON, (VA.) JUNE 12, [1] 1819.

      Sir: I have been informed, in Norfolk, that you have said that you could insult me with impunity, or words to that effect. If you have said so, you will no doubt avow it, and I shall expect to hear from you.

      I am, sir, your obedient servant,

      JAMES BARRON.

      To Commodore Stephen Decatur,

      Washington .

      [1] With respect to the date of this letter, it may be proper to observe, that, although it is 12th June, yet the figure 2, as made, might well be mistaken for a 3: hence, in Commodore Decatur's letter of reply, he considered the date to be 13th June. On referring, however, to the post mark on the back of the letter, it was found to have been put into the post office on the 12th: hence, in Commodore Decatur's letter to Commodore Barron, of the 31st October, 1819, it is recognized as dated on the 12th.

      No. 2

      WASHINGTON, JUNE 17, 1819.

      Sir: I have received your communication of the 13th instant. Before you could have been entitled to the information you have asked of me, you should have given up the name of your informer. That frankness which ought to characterize our profession required it. I shall not, however, refuse to answer you on that account, but shall be as candid in my communication to you as your letter or the case will warrant.

      Whatever I may have thought, or said, in the very frequent and free conversation I have had respecting you and your conduct, I feel a thorough conviction that I never could have been guilty of so much egotism as to say that "I could insult you (or any other man) with impunity."

      I am, sir, your obedient servant,

      STEPHEN DECATUR.

      To Commodore James Barron,

      Hampton, Virginia .

      No. 3

      HAMPTON, (VA.) JUNE 25, 1819.

      Sir: Your communication of the 17th instant, in answer to mine of the 13th, I have received.

      The circumstances that urged me to call on you for the information requested in my letter, would, I presume, have instigated you, or any other person, to the same conduct that I pursued. Several gentlemen in Norfolk, not your enemies, nor actuated by any malicious motive, told me that such a report was in circulation, but could not now be traced to its origin. I, therefore, concluded to appeal to you, supposing, under such circumstances, that I could not outrage any rule of decorum or candor. This, I trust, will be considered as a just motive for the course I have pursued. Your declaration, if I understand it correctly, relieves my mind from the apprehension that you had so degraded my character, as I had been induced to allege.

      I am, sir, your obedient servant,

      JAMES BARRON.

      To Commodore Stephen Decatur,

      Washington .

      No. 4

      WASHINGTON, JUNE 29, 1819.

      Sir: I have received your communication of the 25th, in answer

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