Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Perry at Erie: How Captain Dobbins, Benjamin Fleming and Others Assisted Him, Historical Incidents Having a Direct Bearing on the Battle of Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry first looked upon the village of Erie, March 27, 1813, and 209 days later (oct. 22, 1813) he departed, never again to visit the scene of his many trials and tribulations preceding the day he fought and won the victory that placed his name high among those of the world's naval heroes and made his memory one to be cherished in American hearts so long as America shall remain a Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.
Perry was a dashing young naval hero 01 27 years when he arrived in Erie by sleigh from Buffalo, N. Y., having been sent here by the United States government to take charge of a ?eet of vessels, then building at the harbor front.
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