Bound volume of transcribed correspondence

The Sir John William Phillips Marshall Papers consist of a bound volume (8" x12 ¾”) of c. 454 pages containing transcriptions of correspondence to and from British Rear Admiral Sir John William Phillips Marshall, CB (1785-1850), the bulk dated 1813-14. Of special interest are letters and records of Marshall’s participation in a court martial in London concerning the capture and destruction of H.M.S. Java by the American ship U.S.S Constitution in 1813. Material also includes correspondence with various military officers of northern Europe, and with Captain Arthur Farquhar of H.M.S. Desiree, with mention of the siege of Gluckstadt. The volume's appendix contains memoranda of Marshall's naval service and other material relating to him, including extracts from various documents, and newspaper accounts of his death in a carriage accident.