United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/13th Congress/3rd Session/Resolution 2

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United States Statutes at Large, Volume 3
United States Congress
Public Acts of the Thirteenth Congress, 3rd Session, Resolution 2
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II. Resolution, expressive of the sense of Congress relative to the victory of the Peacock over the Epervier.

A gold medal to Captain Warrington, &c.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be requested to present to Captain Lewis Warrington, of the sloop of war Peacock, a gold medal, with suitable emblems and devices, and a silver medal, with like emblems and devices, to each of the commissioned officers, and a sword to each of the midshipmen, and to the sailing master of the said vessel, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of the gallantry and good conduct of the officers and crew, in the action with the British brig Epervier, on the twenty-ninth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, in which action the decisive effect and great superiority of the American gunnery were so signally displayed.

Approved, October 21, 1814.