COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 25, 1807

• Chesapeake–Leopard affair
• Naval engagement

Page 2 has over half a column taken up with: "Chesapeake Affair" which is a report, as noted near the beginning: "...the Secretary of the Navy laid before the committee of the House of Representatives on Aggressions, a detailed statement of the circumstances attending the outrage committed on the Chesapeake...".

Four pages, minor wear at the spine, good condition.

Background: The Chesapeake–Leopard affair of June 22, 1807, was an unprovoked naval attack off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, where the British fourth-rate warship HMS Leopard intercepted, bombarded, and boarded the unprepared American frigate USS Chesapeake after Commodore James Barron refused to allow a search for Royal Navy deserters. The broadside assault caught the U.S. crew completely unready for battle, killing 3 sailors, wounding 18, and forcing a quick surrender after firing only a single symbolic shot before British officers seized four crew members—three of whom were native-born Americans previously impressed into British service. This explicit violation of American sovereignty and neutral rights triggered widespread public outrage, pushing President Thomas Jefferson to respond with the controversial Embargo Act of 1807; though Britain eventually disavowed the attack and returned the surviving sailors in 1811, the humiliation and persistent grievance over impressment served as a direct catalyst for the War of 1812.