[RonDog]

More on Susan decatur here:

http://www.decaturhouse.org/pressroom/timeline.htm
137 posted on 1/26/02 2:24 AM Pacific by Huck

Stephen Decatur here:

http://www.zweb.com/parpro/Decatur.html
138 posted on 1/26/02 2:26 AM Pacific by Huck

GREAT work, Huck!

Here are those links, activated by HTML, fo those who do not like to "cut and paste":

http://www.decaturhouse.org/pressroom/timeline.htm

http://www.zweb.com/parpro/Decatur.html

[michigander]

Please forgive the size of this reply.

This appears to be the a description of Senate debate reguarding the fire that Horatio Bunce makes reference to (?... This is the only reference I could find that fits the description of the event Bunce describes) :

The House debate:

In the end $20,000 was voted for relief. But, the name David Crockett does not appear in the listing of the yeas and nays.

Upon further review, David Crockett wasn't a member of the 19th. Congress.
But, was a member of the 20th. Congress.

A list of members of the 19th Congress:

A list of members of the 20th Congress:

So, unless further evidence comes to light, the events as described in "Not Yours to Give", appears (IMHO) to be an urban legend (a very old one).