A patriot of 1776, and uniform friend to his country, to the federative system, and the navy, who has had false accusations heaped upon him in secret ... takes the liberty ... to lay before the president of the United States, a few facts and observations, which he hopes may be useful, without any retrospect of the person or persons directing the helm of the navy abroad
Philadelphia, 10th February, 1806. Sir, annexed you have a sketch, accompanying these remarks, which, together, will show more fully the principles contained in that I transmitted before of the battle off Trafalgar ..
Reply of Commodore Truxtun to an attack made on him in the National intelligencer, in June, 1806
Remarks, instructions, and examples relating to the latitude & longitude