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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peacock, the (search)
unded; and so little was she injured that an hour after the battle she was in perfect fighting order. The Épervier sold for $55,000, and on board of her was found $118,000 in specie. She was such a valuable prize that Warrington determined to take her into Savannah himself. On the way, when abreast of Amelia Island, on the coast of Florida, the Épervier, in charge of Lieut. John B. Nicholson, came near being captured by two English frigates. She entered the Savannah River in safety on May 1, 1814. the Peacock reached the same port on May 4. This capture produced much exultation. Congress thanked Warrington in the name of the nation, and gave him a gold medal. In another cruise to the shores of Portugal soon afterwards, the Peacock captured fourteen vessels, and returned to New York at the end of October. In 1815, after parting with Biddle, Captain Warrington pursued his cruise in the Peacock, and on June 30, when off Anjer, in the Strait of Sunda, between Sumatra and Java,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Cortlandt, Pierre 1721-1814 (search)
Van Cortlandt, Pierre 1721-1814 Patriot; born in Cortlandt Manor, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1721; son of Philip Van Cortlandt, third son of Stephanus; was a member of the first Provincial Congress of New York; chairman of the committee of public safety; and was exceedingly active in the patriot cause. Throughout the Revolution he appears to have been the principal administrator of the government of New York; and so obnoxious was he to the British government that it set a bounty on his head. He was the first Lieutenant-governor of New York, and held that office by re-election for eighteen years. He had been one of the committee that framed the constitution of the State of New York in 1777. He died in Cortlandt Manor, N. Y., May 1, 1814.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wasp, the (search)
ntrails, she maddened his brain, And he writhed and he groaned as if torn with the colic; And long shall John Bull rue the terrible day He met the American Wasp on a Frolic. A Wasp on a frolic. Among the caricatures was one by Charles, of Philadelphia, under which were the following words: A Wasp took a Frolic and met Johnny Bull, Who always fights best when his belly is full. the Wasp thought him hungry by his mouth open wide, So, his belly to fill, put a sting in his side. On May 1, 1814, the Wasp, then under command of Capt. Johnston Blakeley, left the harbor of Portsmouth, N. H., and soon appeared in the chops of the British Channel, where she spread terror among the British merchant-ships and the people of the seaport towns. Painful recollections of the ravages of the Argus were revived. On the morning of June 28, while some distance at sea, the Wasp was chased by two vessels. They were soon joined by a third, which displayed English colors. In the afternoon, afte