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This collection consists of two contemporary copies of letters written by Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry to General William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. The September 10, 1813, letter describes the state of Perry's naval engagement: "We have met the enemy and they are ours." The September 11, 1813, letter contains a request for a prisoner guard less

One volume, containing a narrative of cruise of U.S.S. Constitution by Asheton Y. Humphreys, dated December 17, 1814 to March 26, 1815. Humphreys previously served as captain's clerk on the Constitution, and sailed this cruise as Chaplain of the ship. On February 26, 1815, he was ordered aboard the British ship Levant as Purser The Constitution was led by Captain Charles Stewart. The narrative discusses the ship departing Boston; an account of food stores taken; the capture of British schooner Lord Nelson, British merchant ship Susan, and H. M. ships Cyane and Levant; repair of ships; morale of British officers and crews; voyage to Porto Praya, Cape Verde Islands to land prisoners; description of the port; escape of the Constitution and Cyane from three British men of war; recapture of the Levant by British; and the landing of the Levant in Barbados. Also included is a poem on Perry's victory on Lake Erie less

Sir Herbert Sawyer was a Vice-Admiral in the British Navy. His letter books (4 vols.) and order book (1 vol.) contain copies of official correspondence with the Admiralty and others relating to routine matters, convoys, impressed American seamen, privateers, exchanges of prisoners, the U.S. grain trade with Spain, and other matters. The letters and orders from Sawyer are dated mostly at Bermuda, Halifax, and Cork less

Journal kept by ship surgeon James Inderwick from May 11 to August 21, 1813, on board U.S. Brig Argus, commanded by William H. Allen. The surgeon's journal contains daily sick reports and daily accounts of captures. On August 14, 1813, the Argus was surrendered to the British ship Pelican, and the journal includes a record of those wounded in action less

William M. Clarke, surgeon's mate in the United States Navy, kept this journal on board the U.S.S. President (a frigate) and the U.S.S. Argus (a brig), entering daily sick reports along with a brief log of the weather, names of vessels sighted and captured, and other information. Entries for the U.S.S. President date from May 25-September 25, 1812 and for the U.S.S. Argus date from September 25, 1812 through April 23, 1813. The journal includes occasional pen sketches, and a monthly report of diseases on board the President from February through July 1812 is inserted less