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A court martial for the trial of Robert Fell is ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, for the charges stated in a letter (not present) by Mr J Herbert in November of 1808.
Transcription
Navy Department 27 March 1809 Sir; You will convene a Court Martial for the trial of Robert Fell, upon the charges exhibited against him by Mr J Herbert, as stated in Mr Herbert’s letter to you of the 20th November last, copy of which I have just received __ I am respectfully sir, Yr mo Ob Servt Ch. W. Goldsborough acting Sect of the Navy David Porter esq commanding naval officer on the New Orleans Station
Creation Date
3-27-1809
City
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1765-1834
Keywords
Charles Washington Goldsborough, Charles W. Goldsborough, David Porter, trial, Navy Department, Washington, naval officer, New Orleans Station, New Orleans, secretary of the navy, Navy, November 20, March 27 1809, J Herbert, Robert Fell, court martial
Resource Identifier
080502-12
Date Digital
March 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Legal | Military History | United States History
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
en-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Goldsborough, Charles Washington, "Charles W. Goldsborough, acting Secretary of the Navy, orders David Porter, commander of New Orleans station, to convene a court martial for the trial of Robert Fell. 1809." (1809). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 182.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/182
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