Oliver Hazard Perry left his list of charges and specifications against Elliott with his friend, Commodore Stephen Decatur when he left for his diplomatic mission to Venezuela (during which he died). Elliott served as second for Captain James Barron in the duel in which Barron killed Decatur in 1820.
Decatur's widow published Perry's charges years later as she held Elliott at least partially responsible for her husband's death.
These people obviously did not like each other.
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LATER CAREER
Elliott commanded the sloop USS Ontario during the Second Barbary War, and was promoted to captain in 1818, serving as on a naval commission selecting sites for navy yards, lighthouses and other coastal fortifications until 1822.
--Brock-Perry
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