Leary, Richard Phillips, 1842-1901; Leary, Herbert Fairfax; Adler (Gunboat); Spanish American War -- Naval Operations; Guam -- Politics and Government; Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902; Manuscripts; Correspondence;...
My very dear Sir
I have carefully perused your letter to
Commander Mackenzie, and am much gratified to find that
in your mature judgment he has so able an advocate and
support; and I sincerely hope that his conduct in that sad
Tragedy (painful as...
United States.Navy.Court-martial (Mackenzie : 1843); Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
CASE OF THE SOMERS' MUTINY
DEFENCE OF ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE
COMMANDER OF THE U.S. BRIG SOMERS,
BEFORE THE COURT MARTIAL HELD AT THE NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN
NEW YORK:
TRlBUNE OFFICE, 160 NASSAU STREET,
1843
CASE OF THE SOMERS'...
THE
CRUISE OF THE SOMERS:
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
DESPOTISM OF THE QUARTERDECK
AND OF
THE UNMANLY CONDUCT OF COMMANDER MACKENZIE
"Difficulty is a bugbear to children, a stimulus to men."
New York:
J. WINCHESTER, NEW WORLD PRESS, 30 ANN ST.
W.B...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; Franklin (Aircraft carrier : CV-13); Aircraft carriers -- United States;
Barely discernible against the sky, a Japanese dive bomber swoops down in a vain effort to hit a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier blazing away with anti-aircraft guns. This was one of the many kaleidoscopic scenes that occurred during the Jap attack on...