"U.S. Navy Yard, N. York/6th Sept. 1809", manuscript dateline on folded letter hand carried to a Lieut. of the USS Syren in New York. Estimate  $100 - 150. USS "Syren" (later "Siren") was a brig of the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812 until being captured by the Royal Navy in 1814. Letter requests Lieut. to sit in on a court marshal as a member. $0 (Image)