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Acquisition Note: Source: Unknown.
Preferred Citation: James Barron Collection, MSS 0000-503, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Scope and Contents: A typescript of newspaper articles from the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, published from June 9-13, 1808. Barron made an appeal to the publisher of the paper, John Cowper, to publish his defense before the court martial regarding the 1807 Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, which took place off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.