The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . rls (1887); Lyrics and Legends (i 891);A Rosebud Garden of Girls (1892); fjope Benham(1894); and Three Little Daughters of the Revolution(1896). She was a frequent contributor to maga-zines. Died in Dudley, Mass., May 13, 1896. PERRY, Oliver Hazard, an American navalofficer; born in South Kingston, Rhode Island,Aug. 23, 1785. On April 7, 1799, he received hiscommission as midshipman, and on Jan. 15,1807, was promoted lieutenant. After building afleet of gunboats, he commanded the schooner Re-venge, which in
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . rls (1887); Lyrics and Legends (i 891);A Rosebud Garden of Girls (1892); fjope Benham(1894); and Three Little Daughters of the Revolution(1896). She was a frequent contributor to maga-zines. Died in Dudley, Mass., May 13, 1896. PERRY, Oliver Hazard, an American navalofficer; born in South Kingston, Rhode Island,Aug. 23, 1785. On April 7, 1799, he received hiscommission as midshipman, and on Jan. 15,1807, was promoted lieutenant. After building afleet of gunboats, he commanded the schooner Re-venge, which in 1810, cruised off the southerncoast of the United States. This vessel was wreckedon a reef near Watch Hill, Rhode Island, Jan. 8,1811, but Perry was honorably accpiitted of ne-lect or carelessness by a court of inquiry. There-after he repeatedly applied for a command at sea,which was refused, and eventually offered his ser-vices to Commodore Isaac Chauncey on the lakes,who ordered him for duty to Lake Erie. Here, atPresque Isle (now Erie), he superintended the J^ 90 PERRY —PERSIA. COMMODORE O. H. PERRV. building of a number of small vessels, the largestof which was of 500 tons burden; with them he expected to encounterthe British flotilla underCajjtain Barclay. Perryssquadron consisted ofnine vessels, of 1,671 tons,with 54 guns. On theBritish side, Captain Rob-ert Heriot Barclay had aflotilla of six vessels, of1,460 tons, manned by450 men and 63 pieces ofcannon. On Sept. 10,1813, the American forcesmoved out of Put-in-Bayfor action, and after ahard- fought contest on theafternoon of that day the British flotilla Barclay was wounded in the actioiL Perrysannouncement of the event was bv the famousdispatch : We have met the enemy and they areours. Congress bestowed on Perry the rank ofcaptain, and the British, having lost control of LakeErie,, evacuated Detroit. Perry served in the Medi-terranean under Decatur, and in 1819 was sent incommand of a squadron to
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