Barron, Captain James, Proceedings of Court of Inquiry
. 5- .^'^ - ,*r . ' C' \ . •^^ v^^ ^^';^^. ., '^.. ^ 'X ^ .^"^. .0^ ,^^ '«< ^^ v^ N^^.. :,*°'. 'b '/ -^ ^ »^MP?;f^ " "" \ ' « . -0^ - -^ 'o, .-0' s ,0 o. .>^- .^,. v^ix- = ^t;/ ^?. \:jy . .<^ '% '^ \: -^ -r ^^ ^; ^^ ^j. • c^ x^ >^^. ^ V .0 /', * ?, 8 1 V.A_/%!^ .- z ^. .^^'- 1; ^0^ \'3 ^r, ' "^.^ s^:^ « . T> -P . A^ . •I I L Z^/". PRd^CEEDINGS OF A COURT OF ENQUIRY, HELD AT THE NAVr YARD, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, UPON ®AIP^^H^ ^iiMUS ID^I&IE(S>Sr OF THE UNITED STATES' NAVY, il"'- DE PAST WENT. ." IN MAY, 1821 WASHINGTON CITY: PRINTED BY JACOB GIDEON, JUNIOR. 1822. •^ '-' :.j 3 Zi' \9 ^X >K NAVY DEPARTMENT, March 25th, 1823. The following proceedings are published at the request of Captain Barron ; and this request would have been complied with at any time heretofore, had it been made. They have been withheld from the public for no other reason than an impression that a publica- tion without the consent of Captain Barron, would be improper, until a final decision was made in his case. 4 : TO ALEXANDER MURRAY, Esquire, Captain in the JSTavy of the United States* WHEREAS James Barron, Esquire, Captain in the Navy of the United States, was, by sentence of a Court Martial, bearing date the eighth day of February, in the year of our I^ord one thousand eight hundred and eight, suspended for the term of five years. And whereas it is alleged, that the said James Barron, dur- ing his said suspension, being at Pernambuco, did make to Mr. Lyon, British Consul at that place, certain declarations and representations, respecting the President and government of the United States, highly improper, and unbecoming an officer of the Navy of the United States, as will appear by the accompanying letters ; which have, heretofore, been submitted to the said James Barron for explanation, and copies thereof delivered to him, to wit A.
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