Two sixth plate daguerreotypes housed in same case, one featuring a portrait of Callender Fayssoux, plus a second image of Fayssoux, at left, seated at a table with an unidentified gentleman holding a hat, each brass mat stamped T.C. Rhodes / San Jose C.R. The book Freebooters Must Die! The Life and Death of William Walker by Frederic Rosengarten, Jr. accompanies the lot. A native of Missouri, Callender I. Fayssoux (1821-1897) served as a midshipman in the Texas navy. Subsequently, he accompanied Venezuelan-born "filibuster" Narciso Lopez on two highly unsuccessful expeditions to Cuba. Fayssoux then went on to serve American lawyer, journalist, politician, and "filibuster," William Walker in several capacities, including aid-de-camp, paymaster, purchasing agent, naval commander, and Minister General of the Republic of Nicaragua while Walker was President of the Republic from 1856-57. Lieut. Fayssoux was placed in command of a little American schooner, which originally belonged to Costa Rica and was called the San Jose, but had been seized by Walker and coverted into a Nicaraguan war vessel renamed Granada. In Nov. 1856, the Granada, under the command of Fayssoux with a crew of 28 and 2 six-pound guns, engaged in combat with the larger Costa Rican brig Once de Abril, which carried 114 men and 4 nine-pound guns. After a two-hour sea fight, Fayssoux outmaneuvered the Costa Ricans by sinking the Once de Abril, and as a result of this victory, he was promoted by Walker, President of Nicaragua at that time, to the rank of Captain in the one-ship filibuster navy. Less than 6 months later, Walker was forced to surrender to Commander Charles Henry Davis of the U.S. Navy under the pressure of a coalition of Central American armies and was repatriated. One of Walker's final commands was to order Fayssoux to surrender the filibuster navy, which consisted of the Granada, to Commander Davis. Walker once again returned to Central America, but he was ultimately executed by the government of Honduras in 1860. Fayssoux lived his later years in New Orleans, LA, and a collection of his papers, including many that cover Walker's activities, are housed at Tulane University's Latin American Library in New Orleans. Condition: Plates should to be professionally cleaned.
Two sixth plate daguerreotypes housed in same case, one featuring a portrait of Callender Fayssoux, plus a second image of Fayssoux, at left, seated at a table with an unidentified gentleman holding a hat, each brass mat stamped T.C. Rhodes / San Jose C.R. The book Freebooters Must Die! The Life and Death of William Walker by Frederic Rosengarten, Jr. accompanies the lot. A native of Missouri, Callender I. Fayssoux (1821-1897) served as a midshipman in the Texas navy. Subsequently, he accompanied Venezuelan-born "filibuster" Narciso Lopez on two highly unsuccessful expeditions to Cuba. Fayssoux then went on to serve American lawyer, journalist, politician, and "filibuster," William Walker in several capacities, including aid-de-camp, paymaster, purchasing agent, naval commander, and Minister General of the Republic of Nicaragua while Walker was President of the Republic from 1856-57. Lieut. Fayssoux was placed in command of a little American schooner, which originally belonged to Costa Rica and was called the San Jose, but had been seized by Walker and coverted into a Nicaraguan war vessel renamed Granada. In Nov. 1856, the Granada, under the command of Fayssoux with a crew of 28 and 2 six-pound guns, engaged in combat with the larger Costa Rican brig Once de Abril, which carried 114 men and 4 nine-pound guns. After a two-hour sea fight, Fayssoux outmaneuvered the Costa Ricans by sinking the Once de Abril, and as a result of this victory, he was promoted by Walker, President of Nicaragua at that time, to the rank of Captain in the one-ship filibuster navy. Less than 6 months later, Walker was forced to surrender to Commander Charles Henry Davis of the U.S. Navy under the pressure of a coalition of Central American armies and was repatriated. One of Walker's final commands was to order Fayssoux to surrender the filibuster navy, which consisted of the Granada, to Commander Davis. Walker once again returned to Central America, but he was ultimately executed by the government of Honduras in 1860. Fayssoux lived his later years in New Orleans, LA, and a collection of his papers, including many that cover Walker's activities, are housed at Tulane University's Latin American Library in New Orleans. Condition: Plates should to be professionally cleaned.
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