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Walking stick made from U.S.S. Lawrence - War of 1812!!
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This is your chance to touch and own a great piece of early American History!! Walking stick made from the Oak taken from the U. S. S. Lawrence in 1836. Knob is I believe ivory, if not, it is certainly bone. The band below the knob with the inscription is silver as well as the tip of the stick. The condition is very fine with some small nicks in the wood from banging on corners. The knob is cracked but still in great solid shape. Picture #6 shows the entire stick laying next to a 30 inch arrow. Presented by Henry F. Hudson to his grandfather, Rev. Samuel G. Orton. Henry Hudson was the son of Ohio Senator John H. and Elizabeth A. (Orton) Hudson. The good Senator was a two term Democrat from the 30th District, which is the area around Sandusky, Ohio. Inscribed just below knob: Henry F. Hudson to his Pa Orton âeoeWe have met the enemy and they are oursâe - September 10, 1813 Wood of the Flag Ship Lawrence United States Brig "Lawrence" The first USS Lawrence was one of two 493-ton Niagara-class brigs built at Erie, Pennsylvania, by Adam and Noah Brown under the supervision of Sailing Master Daniel Dobbins and Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry, for United States Navy service on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. She was commissioned in early August 1813 and quickly began operations with a voyage to Detroit, Michigan in search of the opposing British squadron. During the 10 September 1813 Battle of Lake Erie, Lawrence served as flagship for Perry until she was disabled by enemy fire and only 8 of his crew remained, the rest were either dead or wounded . Perry then transferred to her sister-ship, the brig Niagara, from which he fought the battle to a successful conclusion. A nurse named Sally McCommons wrote a letter describing the Lawrence, or what was left of her when she came back to Erie, PA. " Why, good day to you all! Oh it is cold out t, is it not?! Not as cold as last winter, though, I can tell you that. Last winter it began snowing before the leaves were off the oak trees; the bay and the lake were frozen over earlier than anyone in the village could remember. I declare it seems as if they began to freeze just about the time Captain Perryâe(tm)s flagship, the Lawrence, returned to Erie on the 23rd of September bearing the bodies of the men most badly wounded in the Battle of Lake Erie. Heavens! When I first saw the Lawrence I could not believe this shattered hulk was the same ship that had so bravely sailed to meet the enemy just a few short weeks earlier. When she left with the rest of the fleet they looked ready to take on whatever the British could send their way. What came back looked as if it had done battle with the devil himself. Large pieces of the sides of the ship were missing, as if some great beast had tried to make a meal of it. The rigging and sails were so patched up they looked like my fatherâe(tm)s oldest, most disreputable work clothes. Within a short period of time we discovered that most of the men aboard were in as bad shape as the ship herself ". The Lawrence was declared a wreck and some of her planking and canvas were used to make a hospital to house some of those same wounded. In mid-1815, following the end of hostilities, Lawrence was sunk in Misery Bay (formally Little Bay, named was changed due to the "misery" of the wounded men) on Presque Isle, PA in order to preserve her hull. Her submerged hulk was sold in 1825 and, except for a brief examination in 1836, remained underwater for five more decades. In September 1875, her remains were raised (see 1st photo) , cut into sections and transported by rail to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania w she was exhibited during the U.S. Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Her remains were destroyed by a fire during that exhibition!! Henry F. Hudson Mr. Hudson followed in his father's original footstep's in the agriculture trade and started a milk plant in Rootsville, OH in the 1870's, which was a successful busines...
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