I am respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. JONES, _Secretary of the Navy_. No. 32. (p. 183) PLATE XXXIII. _September 10, 1813._ Jesse D. Elliott. Nil actum reputans si quid superesset agendum. [Rx]. Viam invenit virtus aut facit. CAPTAIN JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT. [_Victory of Lake Erie._] JESSE D. (_Duncan_) ELLIOTT. NIL ACTUM REPUTANS SI QUID SUPERESSET AGENDUM.[86] (_Jesse Duncan Elliott. Considering nothing done, if aught remained to be done._) Bust of Captain Elliott, in uniform, facing the right. FÜRST. F. (_fecit_). [Footnote 86: Nil actum credens quum quid superesset agendum. Lucan, Pharsalia, Book II, 657.] VIAM INVENIT VIRTUS AUT FACIT. (_Valor finds or makes a way._) The United States fleet on Lake Erie, carrying fifty-four guns, and commanded by Captain Perry, stands out to meet the British fleet with sixty-three guns, under Captain Barclay. Exergue: INTER CLASS. AMERI. ET BRIT. DIE X. SEP. MDCCCXIII. (_Inter classim Americanam et Britannicam, die 10 Septembris, 1813: Between the American and British fleets, September 10, 1813._) FÜRST. F. (_fecit_).[87] [Footnote 87: The resolution of Congress voting this medal, and the official reports of the action on Lake Erie, are given under No. 31, page 176.] JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT was born in Maryland, July 14, 1782. He was appointed midshipman in 1804; was promoted to be lieutenant in 1810; served under Commodore Chauncey on the lakes in 1812; and on October 8, commanding an expedition, he cut out two British ships from under Fort Erie. For this daring act Congress voted him a sword of honor. He was master-commandant in July, 1813; and second in command in (p. 184) Perry's victory on Lake Erie, for which he received from Congress a vote of thanks and a gold medal. On Perry's departure in October, 1815, he succeeded him in command. He became captain in 1818; and afterward commanded the Mediterranean squadron, and the navy yards of Boston and of Philadelphia. He died in Philadelphia, December 10, 1845. No. 33. (p. 185) PLATE XXXIV. _February 24, 1813._ Jac Lawrence dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. [Rx]. Mansuetud. maj. quam victoria. CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE. [_Capture of the Peacock._] JAC. (_Jacobus_) LAWRENCE DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI[88] (_James Lawrence. It is sweet and becoming to die for one's country._) Bust of Captain Lawrence in uniform, facing the right. FÜRST. F. (_fecit_). [Footnote 88: Horace, Book II, Ode II, 13.]