Master Commandant James Lawrence, commanding the USS Hornet, defeats HMS Peacock, commanded by Captain William Peake.

       [restored 12/10/2021]

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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 72.

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