US Navy Cmdr Thos. Truxtun, Jesse D. Elliott (2pc)

Two 19th C. U.S. Navy Documents: (1) Writ of "Levari Facias" executed on 10 September 1818 by former US Naval Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755-1822) as "High Sheriff of the City and County of Philadelphia" signed twice by Truxtun.Truxtun had a long and distinguished naval career, but is perhaps most famous for his victory in 1799 over the French warship "L'Insurgente" while serving as Captain of the Frigate USS Constellation in the "Quasi-War" with France;(1)Deed executed on 24 November 1842 by William H. Dillingham, Esquire and Christiana his wife of the City of Philadelphia to "Jesse D. Elliott of the Township of West Whiteland and the County of Chester, Captain in the United States Navy" forthe consideration of $3,500 "a stone messuage and lot of land" in the Borough of West Chester. Jesse D. Elliott (1782-1845) had a 40 year career in the US Navy. perhaps most famous (and controversial) serving as second in command of the American fleet under Captain Oliver Hazard Perry during the "Battle of Lake Erie" on 10 September 1813. At the end of his career he was Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

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