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	AllRefer.com - Chesapeake, ship (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		Chesapeake, U.S. frigate, famous for her role in the Chesapeake affair (June 22, 1807) and for her battle with the H.M.S. Shannon (June 1, 1813).
		The Chesapeake left Norfolk, Va., for the Mediterranean under the command of James Barron in June, 1807.
		In the War of 1812, the refitted Chesapeake, commanded by James Lawrence, engaged (June 1, 1813) the H.M.S. Shannon outside Boston harbor.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Chesap-frig.html (272 words)

	The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair - Norfolk Highlights - Chapter 30
		On June 22, 1807, the United States frigate Chesapeake cleared Norfolk area waters for the Mediterranean to relieve the USS Constitution as flagship of the European station.
		Catching sight of the Chesapeake, one of the British vessels, the HMS Leopard, weighed anchor and followed her.
		As his body was ferried across the river to the County Wharf, all of the American vessels in the harbor displayed their colors at half mast, while minute guns were fired by the artillery on shore.
	www.norfolkhistorical.org /highlights/30.html (659 words)

	chesleop.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During this period the USS Chesapeake (38 guns) was preparing for a deployment to the Mediterreanian Sea to become the flag ship there under Commodore James Barron.
		As the Chesapeake was leaving the bay, the HMS Leopard hailed her and Commodore Barron, extending Naval courtesy, stopped his ship and allowed the British to come on board.
		Upon the return of the Chesapeake to Norfolk, the citizens there decided to place restrictions on the trade with British warships in retaliation for the attack on the Chesapeake.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Oracle/3750/chesleop.htm (529 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the morning of 1 June, when Chesapeake was ready to sail, the Shannon, then the sole British vessel blockading Boston Harbor, appeared off Boston Lighthouse.
		The Chesapeake's gunfire was rapid and accurate, striking the Shannon mainly in the hull.
		Lawrence died of his wounds on board Chesapeake at sea, as the British sailed their prize toward Halifax, where they buried Lawrence's body with military honors.
	www.geocities.com /hopewell_dd681/Lawrence.htm (1310 words)

	Confederate Operations in Canada
		The Trent Affair and the Chesapeake incident served to heighten the tension between the North and BNA.
		Trent Affair (1861), the Chesapeake Incident (1863) and the St.
		The crew waited until she came pretty near and then sought safety on shore, leaving on board the two young men from Halifax and the two engineers who were on board the steamer at the time of her capture by the Confederates.
	www.civilwarhistory.com /010300/confederate_operations_in_canada.htm (1822 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		Seeking protection from arrest, all four runaway sailors enlisted on the U.S. frigate Chesapeake, which was in Portsmouth preparing for a cruise to the Mediterranean.
		In June 1807, he issued an order to his fleet that, should the Chesapeake be found at sea, any ship of his squadron must stop her and recover the deserters.
		As the Chesapeake cleared port and sailed by Cape Henry, she was approached by HMS Leopard, commanded by Captain Salisbury Humphreys.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/08/08b.htm (591 words)

	Chesapeake -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the largest inlet on the Atlantic coast of the United States, Chesapeake Bay is noted for its history, its naval activity, and its seafood.
		The most intolerable instance of the exercise of the right of impressment was the unprovoked attack on the American frigate Chesapeake by the British ship Leopard on June 22, 1807.
		At the center is Chesapeake Bay, which divides the plain into two parts: on the east, the Eastern shore, and on the west, the Western Shore.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9023867?tocId=9023867 (730 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		Following her humiliating mauling by the Leopard, the Chesapeake returned to her home port of Portsmouth, Virginia.
		Though the climate was right for war, Jefferson knew he was not yet in a position to go to war with Great Britain; unfortunately, the British realized this as well.
		Despite American protests, the deserters taken from the Chesapeake were tried in Halifax in August 1807.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/08/08c.htm (541 words)

	Sea Kayak - The Chesapeake Affair of 1807
		However support for centralized government and the imperial trappings symbolized by a standing Navy was in short supply in a populace fresh from under the thumb of the British monarchy and the Royal Navy.
		The Chesapeake, after repairs in Norfolk, enforced the blockade in the New England region under the command of Stephen Decatur.
		The experienced British crew cut Chesapeake's rigging in an early broadside and despite the Chesapeake's greater firepower, outsailed the crippled ship.
	www.seakayak.ws /kayak/kayak.nsf/NavigationList/NT0000675E (2472 words)

	Encyclopedia: Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
		The incident between the HMS Leopard and the USS Chesapeake that sparked the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.
		June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining.
		HMS Leopard was a British 50-gun Ship-of-the-Line involved in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chesapeake_Leopard-Affair (488 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		The Henry affair proved to be a tempest in a teapot.
		The real significance of the Henry affair was that it showed the administration's determination to whip up support for its war policy.
		Share with students a secondary account of the Chesapeake incident such as The Chesapeake Affair of 1807 and American Reaction to the Chesapeake Affair on The Mariners' Museum, a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=572 (4472 words)

	Volumes & Project
		Impressment, the seizure of merchant vessels, the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, and the first year of the war are also covered in this volume.
		After a successful commerce-raiding cruise against the British whaling fleet in the Pacific, Commodore David Porter fell to a British naval squadron in Valparaiso Harbor in March 1814.
		Commodore Joshua Barney’s Chesapeake Bay flotilla staved off capture by the British for ten weeks until the enemy destroyed the fleet in August 1814.
	mason.gmu.edu /~chughes3/volumes.html (324 words)

	Reasons for the War of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first one is called the "Chesapeake Affair"(1807).
		In this incident the American ship, Chesapeake refused to be boarded by the British ship, Leopard.
		The British then proceeded to open fire on the Chesapeake, killing three.
	amh.freehosting.net /1812.html (393 words)

	SparkNotes: The First Years of the Union (1797-1809): Timeline
		October 1797: The XYZ Affair French foreign minister Charles de Tallyrand refuses to meet with an American diplomatic envoy unless paid $250,000 for himself and guaranteed a $12 million loan for France.
		June 22, 1807: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair The British naval frigate HMS Leopard follows the American naval frigate USS Chesapeake out of Norfolk harbor in Virginia, and opens fire upon it after a request to board is denied.
		December 22, 1807: The Embargo Act is Passed In response to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, Jefferson advocates the Embargo Act, which forbids ships to leave from American ports for trade with foreign ports.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/firstyears/timeline.html (795 words)

	Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Book Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To view selected Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic books, videos/DVDs, CDs, and magazines: 1) click the radio button for either Show All Books or Show Only Recommended Books; and 2) select a category from the drop down menu.
		France and the Chesapeake: A History of the French Tobacco Monopoly, 1674-1791, and of Its Relationship to the British and American Tobacco Trades
		Sojourners in the Sun: Scottish Migrants in Jamaica and the Chesapeake, 1740-1800
	chesapeake.towson.edu /books.asp?typeTitle=Chesapeake+History (817 words)

	American Revolution - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States and Author of the Declaration of Independence
		In 1798, in the wake of the XYZ Affair, the so-called Quasi-War began.
		Jefferson's main concern in his second administration was foreign affairs, in which he experienced a notable failure.
		In the course of the Napoleonic Wars Britain and France repeatedly violated American sovereignty in incidents such as the Chesapeake affair (1807).
	www.americanrevolution.com /ThomasJefferson.htm (3329 words)

	Grizzard: Construction of UVA: 1996: Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty
		Monroe must be aware, said he, that on several recent occasions His Majesty had firmly declined to waive "the ancient and prescriptive usages of Great Britain, founded on the soundest principles of natural law," simply because they might come in contact with the interests or the feelings of the American people.
		From the point of view of George Canning and the Tory squirearchy whose mouthpiece he was, the Chesapeake affair was but an incident—an unhappy incident, to be sure, but still only an incident—in the world-wide struggle with Napoleon.
		Even after he had notified Madison that his instructions bade him insist, as an indispensable preliminary, on the recall of the President's Chesapeake proclamation, he was treated with deference and assured that the President was prepared to comply, if he could do so without incurring the charge of inconsistency and disregard of national honor.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /jefferson/grizzard/johnson/johnson08.html (4238 words)

	The First Years of the Union (1797-1809)
		June 22, 1807: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair - The British naval frigate HMS Leopard follows the American naval frigate USS Chesapeake out of Norfolk harbor in Virginia, and opens fire upon it after a request to board is denied.
		The Chesapeake, not prepared for battle, loses three men and has twenty wounded, and permits the British to board.
		Chief Justice Marshall rules that the inoperative intent to divide the Union does not constitute treason, and Burr is acquitted.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/firstyears/htimeline.html (698 words)

	The Chesapeake Affair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On June 22, 1807, the American frigate Chesapeake was stopped by the British ship Leopard for the purpose of inspecting the American crew for possible deserters.
		The Chesapeake Affair was one additional grievance leading toward the War of 1812.
		Memorabilia related to The Chesapeake Affair is at auction on eBay.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h500.html (163 words)

	College of William and Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur.
		Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron.
		Papers and correspondence of three generations of Samuel Barrons, all of whom were involved in naval affairs.
	www.history.navy.mil /sources/va/vwm.htm (298 words)

	[No title]
		Given Lowell's politics, this is an anti-war pamphlet, but it is also a rare contemporary account and detailed analysis of the Chesapeake Affair, a muddy chapter in the early history of our navy.
		The Chesapeake, under command of James Barron, sailed from Hampton roads for the Mediterranean in 1807.
		She was stopped by the British frigate Leopard off Cape Henry, and, upon Barron's refusal to hand over 3 British deserters, was fired upon by the Leopard.
	www.tenpound.com /142/1.html (2524 words)

	Borderlands of Historical Fiction
		Its permanent captain at the time was a Member of Parliament, and did require substitutes to spell him while he attended sessions.
		Following that cruise the Leopard was sent to the Cape of Good Hope, and served as flagship there until 1810.
		Jack Aubrey is present as a supernumerary aboard the battles where the Constitution beat the Java and the Shannon took the Chesapeake.
	www.boat-links.com /books/Lardas/Lardas06.html (1158 words)

	Chesapeake, ship
		Chesapeake Shipbuilding gets order for coastal cruise ship.
		Snags in Ship's Cleanup in Chesapeake, Va., Show Why So Few Are Recycled.
		New York may ship trash to Chesapeake, Va., area.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0811716.html (353 words)

	Find in a Library: The Chesapeake affair of 1807; an objective account of the attack by HMS Leopard upon the U.S. ...
		Find in a Library: The Chesapeake affair of 1807; an objective account of the attack by HMS Leopard upon the U.S. frigate Chesapeake off Cape Henry, Va., June 22, 1807, and its repercussions.
		The Chesapeake affair of 1807; an objective account of the attack by HMS Leopard upon the U.S. frigate Chesapeake off Cape Henry, Va., June 22, 1807, and its repercussions.
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/0f2960f3c9fe8cd6.html (120 words)

	Untitled
		Miscellaneous correspondence relating to affairs in the Gulf of
		Affair on the Rappahannock River, June 24, 1861 738—741
		Reconnoissance in New Topsail Inlet and destruction of schooner
	www.csnavy.org /orn,contents.htm (8904 words)

	Reese Catalogue 238 Supplement - Section II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Of crucial import to the examination of the events and conditions which led to the War of 1812.
		A brief Senate motion relating to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.
		There is much discussion of Navy affairs: the seizing of this vessel, a list of goods stolen from that vessel, and even the "proceedings of a court of inquiry" investigating a seemingly unprovoked British attack.
	www.reeseco.com /cat238supplement/238supplementB.htm (3590 words)

	DISTRICT TOURNEY AN ALL-CHESAPEAKE AFFAIR
		For the past nine years, the Western Branch girls' volleyball team has held or shared the Southeastern District regular-season title.
		Deep Creek has wrapped up the fourth seed in the all-Chesapeake affair.
		The Hornets will have to face the best team in the district, but coach Barbara Stephenson says her team is playing well.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941030/10280302.htm (681 words)

	Chesapeake - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		The Chesapeake left Norfolk, Va., for the Mediterranean under the command of James Barron
		In the War of 1812, the refitted Chesapeake, commanded by James Lawrence
		THE HISTORY CHANNEL and BIOGRAPHY are trademarks of AandE Television Networks used under license ©2004 AandE Television Networks.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=Chesap-frig (300 words)

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