. Proceedings of a court of enquiry, held at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, upon Captain James Barron of the United States Navy, in May, 1821. ked me w hy he (Barron)had not returned to his country ; I replied, that I hadfrequently advised it, but there being no direct oppor-tunity. Commodore Barron had alleged his want ofmeans to come by way of France and the impossibilityof his visiting England. 1 stated his attempt to comehome in the John Adams, and mentioned my havingfurnished him the certificate before alluded to. On theauthority of this conversation. Commodore Decatur verycorrectly a
. Proceedings of a court of enquiry, held at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, upon Captain James Barron of the United States Navy, in May, 1821. ked me w hy he (Barron)had not returned to his country ; I replied, that I hadfrequently advised it, but there being no direct oppor-tunity. Commodore Barron had alleged his want ofmeans to come by way of France and the impossibilityof his visiting England. 1 stated his attempt to comehome in the John Adams, and mentioned my havingfurnished him the certificate before alluded to. On theauthority of this conversation. Commodore Decatur verycorrectly abandoned (as by his note of November with-out date) one charge made and subsequently introducedmy name into the correspondence as may be seen by »reference to it. In testimony of the truth of the foregoing facts, I havesigned this certificate at Washington, this 20th day ofApril, 1820. J. M. FORBES. NAVY DEPARTMENT, 1st December, 1821, I certify, that the preceding pages numbered 1, to 111,inclusively, contain a true and correct copy of the ori-ginals verbatim et literatim on file in the office of theSecretary of the Navy. BENJAMIN
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