Rogers's engagement (poem), ca. 1812.

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Rogers's engagement (poem), ca. 1812.

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Poem, written on one folio sheet, about the first naval engagement of the war of 1812, John Rodgers's pursuit of the British ship Belvidera. The poem is accompanied by another sheet of paper, a battalion order to the 1st Battalion, 11th Regiment, Militia, dated August 14, 1815, and signed Jonathan May.

2 pieces.

New-York Historical Society

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Rodgers, John, 1773-1838

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U.S. Naval officer. From the description of Letter, 1812, Jan. 6 : Newport, Rhode Island, to William P.C. Barton. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992827 President of the United States Board of Navy Commissioners. From the description of Letters, 1818-1831. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926243 John Rodgers was born in Maryland in 1773. He joined the Navy in the 1790s and served in the Quasi War with France, th...

New York (State). Militia. Regiment, 11th.

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May, Jonathan

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