The life of Oliver Hazard Perry : with an appendix, comprising a biographical memoir of the late Captain James Lawrence : with brief sketches of the most prominent events in the lives of Commodores Bainbridge, Decatur, Porter and Macdonough : a view of the rise, present condition, and future prospects of the navy of the United States : a list of the officers of the navy and vessels of war of the United States : to which is added a biography of General Pike and a view of the leading events in the life of General Harrison / by John M. Niles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States--History--War of 1812--Biography.

United States.

United States. Navy--Registers.

Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819.

Perry, Oliver Hazard.

Lawrence, James, 1781-1813.

Lawrence, James.

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery.

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841.

Harrison, William Henry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p., [4] leaves of plates ) ill., ports. ;

Edition:

2nd ed., enl. and impr.

Other Title:

Life of Oliver Hazard Perry

Place of Publication:

Hartford [Conn.] : O.D. Cooke, 1821 ([Hartford?] : Roberts and Burr)

Notes:

"The 'View of the navy of the United States' is the only article in the appendix furnished by the author. ... The facts and materials which the work comprises have been derived from authentic sources ... ." Cf. Pref., p. viii.

Reproduction of original from Yale University Libraries.

Sabin no. 55320.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG05-B10704

OCLC:

123446871