at the President of the United States be requested
to present a silver medal, with like emblems and devices, to the
nearest male relative of Lieutenant Peter Gamble, and of
Lieutenant John Stansbury, and to communicate to them the deep
regret which Congress feel for the loss of those gallant men,
whose names ought to live in the recollection and affection of a
grateful country.

_Resolved_, That three months' pay be allowed, exclusively of the
common allowance, to all petty officers, seamen, marines, and
infantry serving as marines, who so gloriously supported the
honour of the American flag on that memorable day.

Approved October 20, 1814.

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_Resolution of Congress Complimentary to Lieutenant Silas Duncan._

_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States in Congress assembled_: That the provisions of the
joint resolutions of Congress passed October twentieth, eighteen
hundred and fourteen, entitled "Resolution expressive of the
sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Captain Thomas
Macdonough, the officers, seamen and marines, and infantry (p. 191)
serving as marines on board of the United States squadron on Lake
Champlain," be so construed and extended as to include the names
of Silas Duncan, a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States,
in testimony of the sense which is entertained by both houses of
Congress of the distinguished gallantry and good conduct of the
said Lieutenant Duncan, in an action with the enemy's forces on
the sixth of September, eighteen hundred and fourteen, on the
same lake.

Approved May 13th, 1826.

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_Captain Macdonough to the Secretary of the Navy._

To the Honorable United States Ship Saratoga,
William JONES, Off Plattsburgh, September 11th, 1814.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.

Sir: The Almighty has been pleased to grant us a signal victory
on Lake Champlain, in the capture of one frigate, one brig, and
two sloops-of-war of the enemy.

I have the honor to be, &c.
T. MACDONOUGH.

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_Captain Macdonough to the Secretary of the Navy._

To the Honorable Ship Saratoga