O M M O R E O uV ER H Z R D P RY B T 1 8 1 5 C OD A A ER , A OU The Battle o fLake E rie A C o e ct o n o f D o cum e nts ch e fl b C o m m o ll i , i y y d o re PE R R Y : including th e C o urt—m a r tia l o f C o mm an de r B A R C L AY 5? th e C o urt o f E nqui ry o n C ap tain E LL I O T T e dite d wit n ro d uct o n A n , h I t i , 9 n o ta tio n s Biblio ra h & , g p y, A na t ca I nd e x b ly i l , y C H A R L E S O S C A R PA U L L I N ' ' l té or tr a z ts a crimil es a nd ma p ,f , p Th e R O W FA N T Club ct 1 1 8 O ober , 9 D A T 1 8 1 CO M MO DO R E O LIV ER HAZAR BOU 5 Th e Battle o fLake E rie A C o e ct o n o f D o cum e n ts ch e fl b C o m m o ll i , i y y d o re PE R R Y : i n c luding th e C o urt- m a r ti a l 9 o f C o mm and e r B A R C LAY 6 th e C o urt o f E n qui ry o n C ap tai n E LL I O T T e dit e d with n t ro duct o n A n , I i , 9 n o ta tio n s Biblio ra h 5 , g p y, A n a t ca l nd e x b ly i l , y C H A R L E S O S C A R PA U LL I N ll ' ' ‘ s té ar t r a z z r a csimil es a nd ma p ,f , p Cl e vela n d : Th e R O W FA N T Club ct 1 1 8 O ober , 9 I GHT I I 8 B Y C O PY R , 9 , R O WFA NT CLUB C ONTE NTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY To M AJ OR G H H S ENERAL WILLIAM ENRY ARRI ON , SEPTEM B E 1 1 1 R 0 , 8 3 2 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO SECRETARY S 1 0 OF THE NAVY WILLIAM JONE , SEPTEMBER , 1 8 1 3 3 LIEUTENANT GEORGE INGLIS TO COMMANDER ROB 1 H 1 0 , 1 8 3 ERT ERIOT BARCLAY, SEPTEMBER X D D R . S S S 4 E TRACT FROM THE IARY OF U HER PAR ON , 1 0 1 8 1 SEPTEMBER , 3 5 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO M AJ OR G H H S ENERAL WILLIAM ENRY ARRI ON , SEPTEM 1 1 1 8 1 BER , 3 6 COMMANDER ROBERT H ERIOT BARCLAY TO COM M ODOR E S Y EO 1 2 1 8 1 SIR JAME , SEPTEMBER , 3 7 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO SECRETARY Y S 1 OF THE NAV WILLIAM JONE , SEPTEMBER 3 , 1 8 1 3 8 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY To SECRETARY S 1 OF THE NAVY WILLIAM JONE , SEPTEMBER 3 , 1 8 1 3 9 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERR Y To M AJ OR G H H S ENERAL WILLIAM ENRY ARRI ON , SEPTEM 1 8 1 BER I 5 , 3 I o COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO SECRETARY S 1 OF THE NAVY WILLIAM JONE , SEPTEMBER 7 , 1 8 1 3 8 CO NTENTS I I COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO SECRETARY S 1 8 OF THE NAVY WILLIAM JONE , SEPTEMBER , 1 8 1 3 I 2 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO SECRETARY Y A S 20 OF THE NAV WILLI M JONE , SEPTEMBER , 1 8 1 3 1 3 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WILLIAM JONES TO COM M ODOR E O HA A 2 1 LIVER Z RD PERRY , SEPTEMBER , 1 8 1 3 1 4 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WILLIAM JONES TO COM M ODOR E O HA D 22 LIVER ZAR PERRY, SEPTEMBER , 1 8 1 3 1 5 D R . S A S S A A S S U HER P R ON TO WILLI M P R ON , SEP 2 2 1 8 1 TEMBER , 3 1 6 SECRETARY OF THE NA VY WILLIAM JONES TO COM M ODORE O H 2 LIVER AZARD PERRY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1 8 1 3 I 7 COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO SECRETARY S O 1 6 1 8 1 OF THE NAVY WILLIAM JONE , CTOBER , 3 I 8 COURT- MARTIAL OF COMMANDER ROBERT H ERIOT B 1 8 1 ARCLAY , SEPTEMBER , 4 1 SS D 9 Q . COURT OF EN UIRY ON CAPTAIN JE E ELLIOTT , 1 8 1 APRIL , 5 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BATTLE OF LAK E ERIE ANALYTICAL INDEX I LLU STRA TI O N S A D H A D A 1 8 1 PORTR IT OF COMMO ORE AZ R PERRY, BOUT 5 m n e I n th o n Fro m a p o rtrait by R e bra dt P al e . e co ll ecti o f the N ew Yo rk Hi sto ri cal S o ci ety M A P OF THE BATTLE OF LAK E ERIE REDUCED FACSIMILE OF A DIS PATCH OF COMMODORE Y S 1 0 1 8 1 3 PERR TO SECRETARY JONE , SEPTEMBER , Fro m the o rigi nal manuscr i p t in the U nite d State s N e men c e s s n o n D C . avy D p art t Ar hiv , Wa hi gt , PORTRAIT OF M AJ OR-GENERAL WILLIAM H ENRY HAR S 1 8 1 RI ON , 5 F o m Po rt o lz o e se r e s r the f ( Philad l p hia, third i , l v o . v , 3 0 5 REDUCED FACSIMILE OF THE LETTER OF COMMODORE O LIVER HAZARD PERRY TO SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JONES Fro m the o rigi nal manuscrip t in the Unite d State s N e me n c e s s n o n D C . avy D p art t Ar hiv , Wa hi gt , GLORIOUS NEWS s m f nn n r m Fac i ile O a bro ad sid e a o u ci ng the vi cto ry . F o the o rig inal in the co ll ecti o n o f the Ne w Y o rk Hi sto ri cal S o ci e ty PORTRAIT OF COMMANDER ROBERT H ERIOT BARCLAY R N . A 1 8 20 , BOUT o m a o o in r U Fr p h t grap h the Libra y o f the nite d State s N e me n s n o n D C . The o n n avy D p art t, Wa hi gt , rigi al p ai t in i i M r s n o sse ss o n O f s. eo do e C c g the p i Th r . Bar lay, Edinburgh P R E FA C E PREFACE The documents selected fo r publication in this O f O fi volume a re chiefly an f ci al character , and are those of greatest interest and p robative value . s There are other documents , to be u re , which the futu re historian of the battle will wish to read , ’ ’ such as the affidavits of Perry s Officers and Perry s un charges against Captain Elliott , but these are ffi l in o ci a b . and are iased M o reover , to have cluded them would have swelled the book beyond A O f its p rescribed limits . bout one half the docu ments he re p resented have not been p reviously pub l ish e d , and many of those that have been published are now issued in a mo re comp lete and p recise form . The editor wishes to thank the Officials O f the United States N avy Dep artment and the Lib rary O f Congress in Washington and O f the Public Reco rd Office in London fo r the facilities afforded him in collecting materials fo r this volume . He O is under special bligations to M r . Charles West O f Stewart, superintendent the Lib rary and N aval R ffi R War eco rds O ce , to Cap tain icha rd Thom as O f M ulligan , assistant to the Bu reau Navi atio n . g , and to M r Goodloe Earle Yancey, chief 1 4 PREFACE cle rk of that b ureau ; all O f the United States N avy D C Dep artment , Washington , . C HARLES O SCAR PAU LLI N . 2 1 1 8 Washington , D C , M arch 5 , 9 INTRO DUCTI ON The p rima ry theater O f war in ou r second con - flic 1 8 1 2 1 8 1 .