“The affair of the ‘Chesapeake’ at last made war the only alternative for settling the disputed issues between Great Britain and the United States, although five years elapsed before that culmination was reached.  On 22d of June, 1807, the ‘Chesapeake’ was lying off Hampton Roads, under the command of Commodore James Barron.  Late in the afternoon the British frigate ‘Leopard’ bore down on her and seized four seamen–William Ware, Daniel Martin, John Strachan and John Wilson…”

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History of Delaware, 1609-1888, Vol. 1, by Thomas Scharf, 1888, page 227