Additional Descriptive Data

Related Materials

The following list offers a selection of Clements Library collections containing Chauncey letters and items related to the War of 1812 or the Barbary Wars:

• The Jacob J. Brown papers: letter by Chauncey dated September 14, 1816.
• The Thomas J. Chew family papers: letter from Isaac Chauncey to John Grace (July 7, 1802), as well as 9 other Chauney-related items.
• The David P. Harris collection: "Fifteen Personal Letters from Prominent Figures in America's Early Years": letter from Chauncey to Captain John Rodgers concerning the death of Chauncey's son (January 22, 1812).
• The Tobias Lear papers: two journals regarding the negotiations with the Barbary States.
• The Miscellaneous collection: letter from Freeman to Samuel F. Hooker, dated Jan. 25, 1826, regarding recent actions of Isaac Chauncey.
• The Charles Morris papers: two items related to Isaac Chauncey.
• The Oliver Hazard Perry papers: 17 items either written by or related to Isaac Chauncey.
• The John Rodgers papers: several letters to and from Chauncey before and during the War of 1812.
• The Smith Naval collection: two letters written by Isaac Chauncey, dated February 11, 1834 and August 9, 1838.

The following Broadside and Map are also related to this collection:

• January Twenty-Seventh, a Day of Note in the Annals of the American Navy: on this Date Died Two of the Old Commodores : Memories of the War of 'Twelve : Men who Helped Train Young Farragut : Commodore Chauncey. [Washington, D.C.]: s.n., 1840.
• Plan of Sackets Harbor, [ca. 1815].

The New York Historical Society holds six of Chauncey's letter books and a book of Navy Department accounts (1812-1815).

The Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C., owns Chauncey's official correspondence and his captains' letters.

Bibliography

Fredriksen, John C. "Chauncey, Isaac." American National Biography Online . Oxford University Press, 2000.

The Clements Library holds the following related items that describe Chauncey's part in the War of 1812:

• Stacey, C. P. Commodore Chauncey's Attack on Kingston Harbour, November 10, 1812. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1951.
• Cooper, J. Fenimore. History of the Navy of the United States of America: in Two Volumes. Array Cooperstown [N.Y.]: H. & E. Phinney, 1848.
• Roosevelt, Theodore. The Naval War of 1812: or, the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain. New York: G.P. Putnam's sons, 1882.