The spirit of marine law, or, Compendium of the statutes relating to the admiralty : being a concise but perspicuous abridgment of all the acts relative to navigation : alphabetically arranged, and the substance and referemces to the several clauses placed in the margin / by John Irving Maxwell.
| Author/creator | Maxwell, John Irving |
| Other author | Chapman, Thomas, active 1790-1803, publisher. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by Bunney and Gold for T. Chapman and sold by J. Sewell, and J. Butterworth, 1800. |
| Description | xvi, 562 pages ; 24 cm (8vo) |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Spirit of marine law |
| Spine title | Compendium of admiralty statues on navagation |
| Portion of title | Compendium of the statutes relating to the admiralty |
| Variant title | Concise but prespicuous abridgment of all the acts relative to navigation |
| Contents | Battle of Lexington -- Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point -- Battle of Bunker Hill -- Siege of Boston -- Expedition against Canada -- Defence of Fort Moultrie -- Descent upon Long Island -- Battle of Trenton -- of Princeton -- of Brandywine -- of Germantown -- Battles of Red Bank and Fort Mifflin -- Battle of Bennington -- Battle of Behmus's Heights -- Battle of Stillwater -- Attack on Forts Clinton and Montgomery -- Battle of Monmouth -- Massacre of Wyoming -- Siege of Savannah -- Storming of Stony Point -- Capture of the Serapis -- Capture of Charleston -- Battle of Waxhaws -- Battle of Camden -- Battle of King's Mountain -- Battle of the Cowpens -- Battle of Guilford Court-house -- Battle of Hobkirk's Hill -- Battle of Eutaw Springs -- Siege of Yorktown -- Capture of the General Monk -- Close of the Revolutionary War -- General Wayne's victory over the Indians -- Capture of L'Insurgente -- Burning of Philadelphia -- Bombardment of Tripoli -- Capture of Derne --Battle of Tippecanoe -- Commencement of the War of 1812--Defence of Fort Harrison -- Battles of Ogdensburg, Fort Niagara, and Queenstown -- Constitution and Guerriere -- United States and Macedonian--Wasp and Frolic--Constitution and Java -- Battle of Frenchtown -- Siege of Fort Meigs -- Defence of Fort Stephenson -- Battle of Lake Erie -- Battle of the Thames -- Hornet and peacock -- Chesapeake and Shannon -- Enterprise and Boxer -- Massacre at Fort Mimms -- Battles of Tallushatches and Talladega -- Expedition to the Hillibee towns and the Tallapoosa River -- Final treaty of the Creeks -- Battle of Chippewa -- Battles of Bridgewater and Niagara -- Siege of Fort Erie -- Battles of Plattsburg and Lake Champlain -- Battle of Bladensburg and capture of the capital [sic] -- Attempt of the British on Baltimore -- Attack of Fort Bowyer and capture of Pensacola -- Battle of New Orleans -- President and Endymion -- Constitution, Cyane and Levant -- Hornet and Penguin -- Porter's cruise in the Pacific -- Seminole War -- Black Hawk's war -- Second Seminole War -- Commencement of the Mexican War, and battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma -- Storming of Montgomery -- Battle of Buena Vista -- Siege of Vera Cruz -- Battle of Cerro Gordo -- Battles of Contreras and Churubusco -- Storming of Molino Del Rey -- Storming of Chapultepee and capture of Mexican -- Siege of Puebla -- Battles of Huamantla and Atlixco -- Occupation of California and New Mexico. |
| Local note | Joyner-JOYNER LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS COPY REBOUND (19--?). CANCELLANS AT 2L⁸, UNCUT FORE-EDGE (p. 535-538). |
| General note | Signatures: pi² A-O⁸ R-2K⁸ 2L⁸(-L4+chi²) 2M⁸ 2N⁴. |