With the first gun, Lawrence had a white banner with the slogan “Free Trade and Sailors’ Rights” run up the foremast. NHSC-BV Cooper’s NavyThere was gallantry even in the way the ships approached each other, with the captains at first refusing to maneuver in the most advantageous manner. NHSC-BV Cooper’s Navy]()James Lawrence to James L. Should I be so unfortunate as to be taken off, I leave my wife and children to your care…” with the added post script, “10 A M the frigate is plain in sight from our deck and we are now getting underway.”!.
Lawrence, a New Jersey native, had originally requested to remain near his pregnant wife, Julia, at his post at the New York Navy Yard but was eager now for the glory: He set out at noon on June 1 even before receiving Broke’s written message, and here in his rushed hand ends his last letter, written to his brother-in-law, “An English frigate is close in with the lighthouse, & we are now clearing ship for action. The Shannon, having plied the waters on routine patrol, was not much to look at, but her experienced crew was superbly trained in gunnery and its sighting equipment was state-of-the-art, having been supplied at Broke’s own expense. The 31-year-old Lawrence, commanding another vessel, the Hornet, had been one of those victors, feted as “Captain Jim” in New York and Philadelphia.In Captain Broke of the Shannon, Lawrence would find his match, as the ships were evenly gunned and manned.
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Navy had indeed won a series of stunning one-on-one actions against the Royal Navy. The statement stung on both ends because the small U.S. The ships could even sail out under a flag of truce “choose your terms, but let us meet.” To goad his subject, Broke went on to write that, after all, these single-ship actions are all that “your little navy” can accomplish. PR-052 Portrait File Box 81Such a challenge seems unheard of in modern warfare, but, nearly a year into the War of 1812, Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke of the British frigate Shannon wrote to Captain James Lawrence of the United States frigate Chesapeake promising that their ships could duel outside of Boston without interference from any vessel. VisitExhibitionsProgramsLibraryEducationExploreShop Join & Give New Wing Host an Event Dine Admission Tickets in From the Stacks“Don’t Give Up the Ship”Written by Mariam Touba, Reference Librarian for Printed CollectionsJames Lawrence Esq., showing his victory as commander of the sloop of war Hornet. CensusMembershipFAQsJoin & GiveNew WingHost an EventDineAdmission TicketsAdmission TicketsSuggested TermsVirtual ExhibitionsThe Civil WarU.S. “Don’t Give Up the Ship” | New-York Historical Society Skip to contentVisitExhibitionsProgramsLibraryEducationExploreShopSuggested TermsVirtual ExhibitionsThe Civil WarU.S.
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