The letter mentions the siege of Baltimore by the British during the War of 1812. Kennedy was recovering from illness in Norfolk, Virginia, and writes to his wife that “Your two letters of the 21st came together last ...

The letter was written while Kennedy was in Gibraltar, he begins "I commenced writing to you yesterday when most unexpectedly Commodore Bainbridge got his whole fleet under way ------ obliged to close my letter without ...

A letter from Kennedy while in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He mentions "I shall depart from this next saturday for Buenos Aires then take in a cargo for the Isle of France."

In his June 19, 1796 letter he writes his ship will “go out under the protection of our fine frigate the Constellation”.

The letter discusses a shipment and mentions "it is bad enough, but better than first expected".