Redeemed Honor: The President‐Little Belt Affair and the Coming of the War of 1812

2012/03/01 by Jonathon Hooks · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #American Constitutional Law and Politics

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2011.00310.x

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Abstract

In May 1811, thirteen months before the outbreak of the War of 1812, the American frigate President (commanded by Commodore John Rodgers) engaged the British sloop‐of‐war Little Belt (commanded by ...

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