Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton; with an Appendix,
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[BAYARD, Samuel J.]. A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton; with an Appendix, Comprising His Correspondence with the Navy Department Respecting His Conquest of California; and Extracts from the Defence of Col. J. C. Fremont, in Relation to the Same Subject; Together with His Speeches in the Senate of the United States, and His Political Letters. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. 1st ed. 210; 131 pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. blindstamped pictorial cloth. Some light scattered foxing, some wear to cloth and spine ends, else a very good copy. HOWES B-259. Wagner Camp 271b. Stockton was a US Naval Commodore who served under Fremont during the Mexican War. An early advocate of a steam-powered navy, he later served as Senator from New Jersey. With account of Stockton's role in the War of 1812, the war with Algiers, dealing with the pirates of the West Indies, "Of particular interest in this work is the account of Commodore Stockton's overland journey on his return to the States after the conquest of California" Wagner-Camp.
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