The life of Oliver Hazard Perry: With an appendix, comprising biographical sketches of the late General Pike, and Captain Lawrence, and a view of the present condition and future prospects of the Navy of the United States.

1821 Navy Commodore Perry Naval Battles War of 1812 Ships + Pike & Lawrence RARE

Oliver Hazard Perry was an 18th-century American naval commander who served in various wars including the War of 1812. In 1820, a Connecticut politician, John Milton Niles, published a biographical sketch of the life of Commodore Perry, which also featured brief outlines of the lives of General Zebulon Pike and Captain Lawrence. Niles covers naval battles, strategy, military tactics, battle plans and outcomes, making note of both large and small victories across the seas and Great Lakes.

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NILES, John M

The life of Oliver Hazard Perry: With an appendix, comprising biographical sketches of the late General Pike, and Captain Lawrence, and a view of the present condition and future prospects of the Navy of the United States.

Hartford, Conn.: W.S. Marsh Publisher, 1821.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o [3], iv-xii, 376, [2]

o 5 engraved plates

· References: Sabin 55320;

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight & secure

· Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (19cm x 11.5cm)

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