New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co., Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1835. First edition. 8vo. Wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous plates, spotting and browning throughout, contemporary sheep, black morocco lettering-piece gilt, joints and corners rubbed; bookseller's ticket, David Clark, Philadelphia. Forbes 979; Sabin 101503.

First edition, an account of "gunboat diplomacy" where "President Jackson changed the destination of the ship, and ordered her to proceed immediately to Sumatra, to punish those who had dared to inbrue their hands in the blood of our countrymen" (p.12).