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- GLC#
- GLC05225.01
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1818/06/18
- Author/Creator
- Stevens, Thomas Holdup, ?-1841
- Title
- [Affidavit on the Battle of Lake Erie]
- Place Written
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Also signed by Holmes Weaver. Deposition describing the naval actions at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, focusing on Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and Captain Jesse D. Elliot. Claims that on the 10th of September, 1813, Elliot "did not do his duty" and Perry attempted to "screen Capt. Elliot from the injurious impressions made by his conduct." With a certification of oath by Justice of the Peace Weaver. At the Battle of Lake Erie, Stevens commanded the sloop Trippe.
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