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Trippe a long 32, while Barclay says she had only 

 a long 24; and Lossing in his "Field-Book" says 

 (but I do not know on what authority) that the 

 Caledonia had 3 long 24*5, while Barclay gives her 

 2 long 24*5 and one 32-pound carronade; and that 

 the Somers had two long 32*3, while Barclay gives 

 her one long 32 and one 24-pound carronade. I 

 shall take Barclay's account, which corresponds with 

 that of Emmons, the only difference being that Em- 

 mons puts a 24-pounder on the Scorpion and a 32 on 

 the Trippe, while Barclay reverses this. I shall also 

 follow Emmons in giving the Scorpion a 32-pound 

 carronade instead of a 24. 



It is more difficult to give the strength of the re- 

 spective crews. James says the Americans had 580, 

 all "picked men." They were just as much picked 

 men as Barclay's were, and no more; that is, the 

 ships had "scratch" crews. Lieutenant Emmons 

 gives Perry 490 men; and Lossing says he "had 

 upon his muster-roll 490 names." In Vol. XIV, p. 

 566, of the American State Papers, is a list of the 

 prize-moneys owing to each man (or to the survi- 

 vors of the killed), which gives a grand total of 

 532 men, including 136 on the Lawrence and 155 on 

 the Niagara, 45 of whom were volunteers frontiers- 

 men. Deducting these we get 487 men, which is 

 pretty near Lieutenant Emmons' 490. Possibly 

 Lieutenant Emmons did not include these volun- 

 teers; and it may be that some of the men whose 

 names were down on the prize list had been so sick 

 that they were left on shore. Thus Lieutenant Yar- 



