Affair of the Chesapeake
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808925
Item data
Title
Affair of the Chesapeake
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1801s
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1856
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-180
Subjects
United States -- 1800-1809
Chesapeake (Ship : Built 1793)
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807
Warships
Sailing ships
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Affair of the Chesapeake. 171" "59" includes additional text.
Source Note: From
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 20 x 11 cm. (7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613350
Barcode: 33333159314851
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ef830350-c530-012f-3ad2-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1856
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Affair of the Chesapeake" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef830350-c530-012f-3ad2-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1856). Affair of the Chesapeake Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef830350-c530-012f-3ad2-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Affair of the Chesapeake" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef830350-c530-012f-3ad2-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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