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Washington to Montpelier Trip and War Dispatches
Extracts from letters dated 4 August 1813 describe Captain Perry reporting success over the bar with vessels including the Lawrence Niagara Caledonia Ariel Scorpion Somers Tigress and Porcupine and Major General Harrison detailing the failed siege of Fort Sandusky by Proctor and Tecumseh forces, their repulse, and Croghan’s defense.
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Perry
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Erie Bar
Lawrence
Niagara
Caledonia
Ariel
Scorpion
Somers
Tigress
Harrison
Seneca Town
Lake Shore
Sandusky Bay
Lower Sandusky
Croghan
Evlomne
A. Sha
Prin
Cpeane
Bertél
G18
Geliows
Ase
Upper Sandusky
M‘arthur
Cass
Sandusky
Dixon
Proctor
Tecumseh
Fort Meigs
Gre
Mi Archer
Seoduley
Hunter
Licots
Johnson and Bayler
Anthony
Meeke
Shipp
Duncan
Chambers
Gen. Proctor
Col. Elliott
Ensign Shipp
Gen. Harrison
Senaca
Henry Harrison