Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845 to Isaac Mayo

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GLC#
GLC04604.22-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
7 September 1830
Author/Creator
Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845
Title
to Isaac Mayo
Place Written
Pensacola Bay, Florida
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Clerical copy written and signed by H.F. Ingraham, Captain Elliott's clerk on the U.S.S. Erie. Marked "True Copy." Written by Captain Elliott as commander of the West India Squadron to Lieutenant Commander Mayo as commander of the U.S.S. Grampus. Orders Mayo that once his ship is prepared he is to sail off the coast of Havana and Mantanzas Bay. Tells him to restock his supplies at Mantanzas Bay quickly. Afterward he is to sail into the Caribbean Sea where American trade is "subject to annoyance of which I will expect an exercise of great vigilance in giving to it such protection as your general instructions" warrant. Says he may see the biggest problems off the coast of Columbia and the Windward Islands. Says after his provisions run out to return to Pensacola to receive new instructions.

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