21 July 1825
Southard, Samuel Lewis, 1787-1842
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Isaac Mayo
Southard as Secretary of the Navy asks Lieutenant Mayo to report to Captain James Banon, President of the Naval Court Martial, as a witness in the case of Charles Stewart. Stewart was being accused of convoying a foreign (British) ship into a blockaded port. He was eventually acquitted.
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