alarmed for her mind," because he recalled her mother had also had some type of psychosis. The next morning, Rosa did not allow James to force her into her room, leading to a physical altercation in which both fell to the ground. Rosa left the home. James and Revere set out via horseback to find her, but did not succeed. They searched again at dawn. Three days later, James led a search party into the woods, where a carman informed James that Rosa had escaped to Pacheco, California. James brought Rosa back to the house and promised to get her a lawyer so that a divorce could be filed. The following day, James began to suspect that Rosa Sawkins and Revere had had an affair. Rosa asked James not to injure Revere, blaming herself for her actions and mental health. A Naval Board of Inquiry composed of officer James Glynn, officer Charles W. Pickering, and judge William E. Levy convened on the USS Warren to "inquire into the truth of the serious allegations" against Revere. He was charged with "having deprived Mr. James G. Sawkins of his wife," Rosa Sawkins. James Sawkins claimed that Rosa Sawkins said,I gave myself up to Revere, what passed I scarcely know, but remorse was too great to bear. I flew to the Laudinum bottle and emptied it at one draught in the hopes of killing myself. Oh, that I had died, but now I love him; yes, James, to the bottom of my soul and I will live for him alone.The court case was complicated by the discovery that James G. Sawkins had another wife whom he married at the age of 18 while she was 35, and the couple had two daughters. Rosa Sawkins was denied work as a teacher as a result of the case. On May 20, 1850, Revere wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of the Navy objecting to the allegations made by the court of inquiry. The Navy replied that Revere's objections were "well founded." On July 1st 1850, Revere wrote his letter of resignation from the Navy after almost twenty years of service. This may have been to prevent himself from being officially Court-martialed, which would ensure that his wife learned about the incident. He did not describe the affair and subsequent proceedings in 1872 biographical novel Keel and Saddle, claiming instead that he resigned due to