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Collection Reference Number GLC04604.07
From Archive Folder Letters of Isaac Mayo as commander of USS Grampus off Cuba re: piracy, slave ships, Lafayette 
Title Charles Stewart to Isaac Mayo regarding his trial
Date 10 February 1825
Author Stewart, Charles (1778-1869)  
Recipient Mayo, Isaac  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Written by Captain Stewart to Lieutenant Mayo. References Mayo's letter of 7 February 1825 from Hampton Roads, Virginia. Stewart regrets the "Painful circumstances" in which he has been placed. Is sorry that his circumstances have compelled him "to interfere with your views[,] advantage or wishes, as nothing would be more gratifying to me, to contribute any maner towards facilitating and accomplishing them." Says the steady and formidable forces against him compel him to use all his power to combat them. Stresses how the situation is serious and involves high ranking naval officers and the Navy's character. Says Mayo's evidence is "highly material on some important points," since a long time has elapsed since the incident. Notes much of the evidence is in the Pacific, which makes retaining him as a witness unavoidable. On a separate sheet, which also has the address and docket, Mayo signed a note. It says "The question asked me, on the count by Comr Stewart was if I did not remember his having said to me, on board the Franklin in the Pacific (when officer on deck) that the British ship Pearl was not under our convoy." Says Stewart did not talk to him about the Pearl, but says Lt. Henry Ogden was the officer on deck and that the Pearl was not under the convoy. Says Ogden's answer acquitted Stewart of convoying a foreign vessel into a blockade port.
Subjects Navy  Military History  Military Law  Australia and Pacific Islands  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  
People Mayo, Isaac (1794-1861)  Stewart, Charles (1778-1869)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Law; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859