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Monroe James 1858 1831; 5th President of the United States Jones Thomas ap Catesby 1790 1858; US. naval officer 1805 1858 U.ABAA

APPEALING TO PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE FOR ASSISTANCE in rectifying a perceived injustice involving a potential promotion in the U.S. Navy in a manuscript letter secretarial signed Dec. 17 1818 with a response by Monroe in his hand and initialed by him on the verso of the integral leaf

181864316Washington City 1818. 4to. Three-pages approximately 600 words; the Monroe response approximately 80 words in full below. Folded for mailing; otherwise fine in all respects. Lt. Jones a Naval officer prefaces his case with a reminder to President Monroe that they had met in July when Jones reported on "the motives and feelings of the Mediterranean Memorialists" referring to the September 1816 dispute between Commodore Oliver H. Perry and one of his officers Capt. John Heath who commanded a detachment of Marines aboard the U.S. frigate Java in the Mediterranean and the resulting court martial convened aboard ship in December of that year. The subaltern officers aboard ship including Jones signed a petition protesting the actions of Com. Perry toward Capt. Heath. This resulted in a request by their superior officers that all the subalterns who had signed the petition be recalled to the United States. see: "American State Papers" 15th Cong. 1st session 1818 Naval Affairs pp.453-6. Jones who had begun service in the Navy at the age of 15 appeals to the President regarding the resulting suspension of his promotion without the chance to defend himself in the more formal setting of a court martial: "How hard is my case! Condemned without trial; even without a hearing. To submit was my duty. To appeal is my right." Monroe's response some 80 words is written on the verso of the second integral leaf in full: "Lt. Jones of the navy. Will it not be proper to make some nominations of the young men who have made the atonement required The public attention was drawn to the object & feeling much excited which are reasons for terminating the affr. in favor of this young man many members have spoken to me. Still I would wish that the particular can be taken up by itself. JM / If any nomination is made it had better be added to those going in." A native of Virginia Thomas ap Catesby Jones continued to serve in the U.S. Navy until his death in 1858. He saw service in the War of 1812 including in the New Orleans campaign and the Mexican War and commanded the Pacific Squadron in the 1840s. He was by many accounts a controversial figure who in his later naval career meted out harsh discipline to his crew. Herman Melville who served aboard Jones's flagship the "United States" in the Pacific is believed to have modeled the captain of "White Jacket" and "Commodore J" in "Moby Dick" on Jones. " In 1850 in a politically charged court-martial shortly after White Jacket was published Jones was found guilty on three counts mostly related to 'oppression' of junior officers and relieved of command for several years" Wikipedia. <br/><br/> unknown books

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