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- GLC#
- GLC09108
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 August 1813
- Author/Creator
- Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819
- Title
- to Major General William Henry Harrison
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. :
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Before the battle of Lake Erie, Perry has "succeeded in [getting one of] the Sloops of war over the bar...The enemy ...move seven over the bar...I am of opinion that in two days the Naval superiority will be decided on this Lake, and should we be successful, I shall sail for the head of the lake immediately to cooperate with you, and hope that our joint exertions will be productive of honor and advantage to our country." Damaged, with some text losses, with two additional autograph notes initialed by Perry.
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