See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

OLIVER See also:

• HAZARD (0. Fr. hazard, from Span. czar, unlucky throw at dice, misfortune, from Arab. al, and zar, dice)

HAZARD See also:

• PERRY
• PERRY (from Fr. Moire, from poire, a pear)
• PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1794–1858)
• OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (1785-1819)

PERRY (1785-1819)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston, Rhode See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, on the 23rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1785 . He entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy as See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman (1799) with his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• RAYMOND, HENRY JARVIS (1820-1869)

Raymond See also:

• PERRY
• PERRY (from Fr. Moire, from poire, a pear)
• PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1794–1858)
• PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD (1785-1819)

Perry (1761-1818), a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the navy, and saw service against the See also:

• BARBARY

Barbary pirates . At the beginning of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1812 he was in command of a flotilla at See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport, but was transferred (Feb . 1813) to the Lakes . He served with See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore See also:

• CHAUNCEY, ISAAC (1772–1840)

Chauncey, and then was sent from See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario to Lake See also:

• ERIE

Erie, where he took up the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief command at the end of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1813 . With the help of a strong detachment of See also:

• OFFICERS

officers and men from the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast he equipped a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron consisting of one brig, six See also:

• FINE

fine schooners and one See also:

• SLOOP

sloop . Other vessels were laid down at Presque Isle (now Erie), where he concentrated the Lake Erie See also:

• FLEET

fleet in See also:

• JULY

July . When Captain Perry appeared off See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst-See also:

• BURG

burg, where Captain See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• HERIOT
• HERIOT, GEORGE (1563-1623)

Heriot See also:

• BARCLAY, ALEXANDER (c. 1476-1552)
• BARCLAY, JOHN (1582-1621)
• BARCLAY, JOHN (1734-1798)
• BARCLAY, R
• BARCLAY, ROBERT (1648-1690)
• BARCLAY, WILLIAM (1546–1608)

Barclay (d . 1837), the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, was lying with his squadron, he had a very marked superiority . Captain Barclay, after a hot engagement—the See also:

• BATTLE

Battle of Lake Erie—in which Captain Perry's See also:

• FLAGSHIP

flagship the " See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence," a brig, was so severely shattered that he had to leave her, was completely defeated . Perry commanded the " See also:

• JAVA

Java " in the Mediterranean expedition of 1815-1816, and he died at See also:

• PORT

Port of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in See also:

• TRINIDAD

Trinidad on the 23rd of August 1819, of yellow See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever contracted on the coast of See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil . See O .

H . Lyman, Commodore O . H . Perry and the War on the Lakes (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1905) .