Excerpt from An Important Collection of Americana, Books, Pamphlets, Prints, Autographs, Etc: Early American Poetry; The Revolution; Early History and Exploration of the West; Rare Early Laws, Session Acts and Law Journals; The Federal and State Constitutions; New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, New York, Etc Includes summary of facts relating to the attack on the Chesapeake by the British ship Leopard and seizure of four American citizens; with letter from commodore barron describing the engagement, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.