 | Sons and Daughters of Rhode Island in the Northwest (Organization) - 1890 - 34 páginas
...shown ere his brief despatch to General Harrison, in that officially to the Secretary of Navy : — It has pleased the Almighty to give to the Arms of...States a signal victory over their enemies on this Laker Rhode Island of the Union, in Perry had extended the mailed hand of help to the far West. He... | |
 | Prescott Holmes - 1897 - 300 páginas
...Secretary of the US Navy : US Brig Niagara, off the Western Sister, Lake Erie, Sept. I0, 1813. SIR: It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of...have this moment surrendered to the force under my command, after a sharp conflict. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,... | |
 | Washington Irving, William Irving, James Kirke Paulding - 1897 - 438 páginas
...announcing the intelligence were remarkably simple and laconic. To the Secretary of the Navy he observes, "It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of...have this moment surrendered to the force under my command, after a sharp conflict." This has been called an imitation of Nelson's letter after the battle... | |
 | Robert Budd Ross, George Byron Catlin - 1898 - 1568 páginas
...to the secretary of war was almost as laconic. He merely prefaced his announcement by saying: " Sir, it has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of...a signal victory over their enemies on this lake," In the three hours of carnage sixty-eight lives were lost, and 190 were wounded, some of them mortally.... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1899 - 446 páginas
...and one sloop." To the Secretary of the Navy he sent a more formal message, saying that it had ' ' pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of the United States a signal victory." For the first time in the history of the British navy an entire squadron had been surrendered. The... | |
 | Edward Kirk Rawson - 1899 - 466 páginas
...nature and his sense of " wonderful presservation in the midst of great and long-continued danger." "It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of the [Jnited States a signal victory over their enemies on this lake. The British squadron, consisting of... | |
 | John Elstner Gunckel - 1902 - 118 páginas
...— It has pleased the Almighty to give the arms of the United States a signal victory over the enemy on this lake. The British Squadron, consisting of...have this moment surrendered to the force under my command, after a sharp conflict. I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully your obedient servant,... | |
 | Frederic Stanhope Hill - 1903 - 638 páginas
...sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY. To the Secretary of the Navy he wrote : SIR: It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of...have this moment surrendered to the force under my command after a sharp conflict. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, Your Obt. Servant,... | |
 | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) - 1918 - 674 páginas
...Commodore Perry was able to send to the Secretary of the Navy a memorable letter in which he said, "The British squadron, consisting of two ships, two...have this moment surrendered to the force under my command, after a sharp conflict." The enthusiasm created by this victory, whose virtual effect was... | |
 | Frederic Stanhope Hill - 1908 - 526 páginas
...sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY. To the Secretary of the Navy he wrote : SIB: It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of...have this moment surrendered to the force under my command after a sharp conflict. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, Your Obt. Servant,... | |
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It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of the United States a signal victory over their enemies on this Lake. The British squadron, consisting of two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop, have this moment surrendered to the force under... 
