N ROBERT HENLEY.

[_Victory of Lake Champlain._]

ROB. HENLEY EAGLE PRAEFECT. PALMA VIRTU. PER AETERNIT. FLOREBIT.
(_Robertus Henley, Eagle praefectus; palma virtutis per aeternitatem
florebit: Robert Henley, commander of the Eagle. The palm of bravery
will flourish forever._) Bust of Captain Henley, in uniform, facing
the right. FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

UNO LATERE PERCUSSO. ALTERUM IMPAVIDE VERTIT. (_Beaten on one side, he
fearlessly turns the other._) Naval action on Lake Champlain, between
the United States fleet, carrying eighty-six guns, under Captain
Macdonough, and the British fleet, with ninety-five guns, commanded by
Commodore Downie. To the right the city of Plattsburgh in flames.
Exergue: INTER CLASS. AMERI. ET BRIT. DIE XI SEPT. MDCCCXIIII. (_Inter
classim Americanam et Britannicam, die 11 Septembris, 1814: Between
the American and British fleets, September 11, 1814._) On the
platform, FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).[91]

[Footnote 91: The resolution of Congress voting
this medal, and the official reports of the victory
on Lake Champlain, are given under No. 34, page
189.]

ROBERT HENLEY was born in James City County, Virginia, January 5, (p. 194)
1783. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1799, and was on board of
the Constellation, under Captain Truxtun, during her combat with La
Vengeance; he was a lieutenant in 1807; a commander August 12, 1814;
obtained the Eagle, and was second in command to Macdonough in his
victory on lake Champlain, September 11, 1814, receiving for his
conduct on that occasion the thanks of Congress and a gold medal. He
was appointed captain, March 3, 1825; served in the home squadron and
in the West Indies, and died on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina,
October 7, 1828.

No. 36. (p. 195)
PLATE XXXVII.

_September 11, 1814._

Step. Cassin Ticonderoga praefect. Quae regio in terris nos. non
plena lab. [Rx]. Uno latere percusso. alterum impavide vertit.

LIEUTENANT STEPHEN CASSIN.

[_Victory of Lake Champlain._]

STEP. CASSIN TICONDEROGA PRAEFECT. QUAE REGIO IN TERRIS NOS. NON PLENA
LAB.[92] (_Stephanus Cassin, Ticonderoga praefectus. Quae regio in
terris nostri non plena laboris: Stephen Cassin, commander of the
Ticonderoga. What region of the earth is not full of our works._) Bust
of Lieutenant Cassin, in uniform, facing the