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With the famous quote: "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."
With the famous quote: "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."
Item # 698812
October 05, 1813
THE WAR, New York, October 5, 1813
* Oliver Hazard Perry's famous quote
* “We have met the enemy—and they are ours”
* Battle of Lake Erie victory - War of 1812
This is a very interesting newspaper as it existed for one purpose: to report the news from the War of 1812. It began publication shortly after the war began, & ceased to publish once the war was over.
The front page is entirely taken up with a lengthy & detailed report headed: "Barbarities Of The Enemy" "Bad Treatment Of American Prisoners By the British" which includes several signed reports. The report carries over to pg. 2 & is continued in a future issue.
Pages 2 & 3 are filled with various War of 1812 reports including items headed: "Naval Dinners" "Dreadful Conflict" "Dinner of the Brave Tars" "Further Of the Victory on Erie" which includes the very famous & historic dispatch signed in type: O. H. Perry and which begins: "We have met the enemy--and they are ours....", certainly one of the more famous utterances in this history of America.
Terrific to have this quote in a period newspaper, and a military newspaper at that!
The report on the battle of Lake Erie is reported on page 3 as well headed: "Further Particulars of Commodore Perry's Victory". Other pg. 3 items include: "Canadian News" "and "Our Triumphs". The back page has "Arrival of Commodore Rodgers!" among other items.
Complete in 4 pages, 9 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches, archival strengthening at the blank spine, light damp staining at the margins, good condition.
AI notes: Perry’s famous line—often quoted as “We have met the enemy—and they are ours”—comes from a brief dispatch written by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry after his decisive victory in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, during the War of 1812. Perry sent the message to General William Henry Harrison, reporting that the U.S. Navy had defeated the British squadron and gained control of Lake Erie. His full, original wording was: “We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.” The victory was strategically crucial, as it secured American control of the lake, cut British supply lines, and helped enable U.S. forces to reclaim Detroit and push into Upper Canada.
Category: War of 1812
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