ast. Exergue: INTER
ENTERPRIZE NAV. AMERI. ET BOXER NAV. BRIT.[82] DIE IV SEPT. MDCCCXIII.
(_Inter Enterprize navem Americanam et Boxer navem Britannicam, die 4
Septembris, 1813: Between the American vessel Enterprize and the
British vessel Boxer, September 4, 1813._) FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

[Footnote 82: It is singular that on some of the
silver coins of Great Britain the abbreviation
BRIT. (Britanniarum) is spelled with one _t_, and
on some of the copper coins, with two _t's_, thus,
BRITT.]

EDWARD RUTLEDGE MCCALL was born in Charleston, South Carolina, August
5, 1790. He entered the navy in January, 1808. In 1813 he was first
lieutenant of the Enterprize, under Lieutenant Burrows, in the action
with the Boxer, took the command after that officer fell, and captured
the British vessel, for which gallant deed Congress gave him a (p. 172)
vote of thanks and a gold medal. He afterward served in the
Mediterranean under Commodore Perry, was promoted to the rank of
master-commandant in 1825, and to that of captain in 1835. He died in
Bordentown, New Jersey, July 31, 1853.

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

_Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Lieutenants McCall, Burrows,
etc._

_Resolved unanimously by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled_: That the
President of the United States be requested to present to the
nearest male relative of Lieutenant William Burrows, and to
Lieutenant Edward R. McCall, of the brig Enterprize, a gold
medal, with suitable emblems and devices; and a silver medal,[83]
with like emblems and devices, to each of the commissioned
officers of the aforesaid vessel, in testimony of the high sense
entertained by Congress of the gallantry and good conduct of the
officers and crew in the conflict with the British sloop Boxer,
on the fourth of September, in the year 1813. And the President
is also requested to communicate to the nearest male relative of
Lieutenant Burrows the deep regret which Congress feel for the
loss of that valuable officer, who died in the arms of victory,
nobly contending for his country's rights and fame.

[Footnote 83: The silver medals are copies of the
one in gold given to Lieutenant