Lawrence, Captain James, Midshipman on the _Constitution_, i. 348; Captain of the _Hornet_, 403; blockades the British warship _Bonne Citoyenne_ in Bahia Harbor, ii. 179; challenges Captain Greene, _ib._; compelled to raise the blockade, 180; recaptures the _William_, 181; captures the _Resolution_, _ib._; is chased by the _Peacock_, 182; the _Peacock_ is beaten, 183; Lawrence fits his ship for another fight, 190; chases the _Espiègle_, _ib._; put all hands on half rations and squares away for home, 191; promoted to command the _Chesapeake_, 192; sails out of Boston to meet the _Shannon_, 197; has difficulty in getting a crew, 199; is challenged by Captain Broke of the _Shannon_, 203; sails out to meet the enemy, 204; addresses his crew, 205; mutinous spirit of his men, 206; displays great skill in handling his ship, _ib._; the _Chesapeake_ is damaged and begins to drift, 213; Lawrence shot, _ib._; dies, 221; interred in Trinity Churchyard, 225. Lay, John L., devises a torpedo boat, iv. 458; used by Lieutenant Cushing to destroy the _Albemarle_, 459–461. _Leander_ affair, the, i. 403, 404; Captain Whitby court-martialed, 405. Lear, Tobias, American Consul-general at Algiers 1812, iii. 340. _Lee_, American galley, i. 89. _Lee_, American schooner, i. 30, 197; assists in capturing a British troop-ship, 203. Lee, Captain F. D., Chief of Confederate torpedo corps, iv. 497. Lee, Richard Henry, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36. Lee, Rear-admiral S. Phillips, iv. 314; in command of the Albemarle Station, 454. _Leopard_ and _Chesapeake_, affair of the, i. 40. Le Roy, Commander William E., iv. 389. Letter of marque and a privateer, difference between, iii. 242. _Levant_, British sloop-of-war, chased by the _Constitution_, iii. 247; surrenders, 255. Lewis, Captain Jacob, made Commodore of the American fleet in New York Harbor, ii. 394. _Lexington_, American brig, i. 63; captured by British frigate _Pearl_, 66; escapes, 68; sent to Europe under Captain Johnson, 117; captured by the cutter _Alert_, 119, 120; fate of the crew of, 121, 122. _Lexington_, merchant-vessel, purchased by Commander Rodgers for use in Federal Navy, iv. 241; Captain Stembel appointed to command, 251. _Lexington_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369. Lexington, battle of, i. 14. Lincoln’s proclamation blockading the Southern ports, iv. 28–30. _Linnet_, British brig, at the battle of Lake Champlain, iii. 138, 142, 166; surrenders, _ib._ Linzee, Captain, chased by the _Gaspé_, i. 5. Little, Captain John, fights and captures the _Berceau_, i. 328. _Little Belt_, British corvette, fires on the American frigate _President_, ii. 10; in battle of Lake Erie, 297. Little Falls, N. Y., Indian and Dutch traders at, ii. 263.