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The Somers Affair

Brig Somers

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	1. "Official report of Captain Mackenzie to the Secretary of the Navy, December 19, 1842," in Niles' National Register, January 7, 1843
	2. Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry appointed to inquire into the intended mutiny on board the United States Brig of War Somers, on the high seas : held on board the United States Ship North Carolina lying at the Navy Yard, New-York : with a full account of the execution of Spencer, Cromwell and Small, on board said vessel / reported for "The New-York Tribune."
	3. The Nautilus : a collection of select nautical tales and sea sketches : with an authentic narrative of the mutiny of the Somers / edited by John K. Duer, U.S. Navy
	4. Correspondence, 1843: Popham, William [Letter] 1843 January 3, New York [to] Commander Mackenzie
	5. Correspondence, 1843: Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848 [Letter] 1843 January 11, U.S. Brig Somers, New York [to William Popham, New York]
	6. Correspondence, 1843: Hoffman, Stephen B. [Letter] 1843 January 23 [to] Major William Popham [New York]
	7. Proceedings of the naval court martial in the case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, a commander in the navy of the United States, &c. : including the charges and specifications of charges, preferred against him by the Secretary of the Navy : to which is annexed, an elaborate review, by James Fennimore [sic] Cooper
	8. Case of the Somers mutiny: defense of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, commander of the U.S. Brig Somers, before the court martial held at the Navy yard, Brooklyn
	9. The cruise of the Somers : illustrative of the despotism of the quarter deck : and of the unmanly conduct of Commander Mackenzie