Detroit. To Dear Sir. Refers to the incompetent commanders through the war in the West, the gallant Perry, and the inefficient Harrison who welcomed and fed the Indians left in the lurch by the British.
Three ballads printed in three columns. Perry's victory: verse in twenty-two stanzas; first line: ye tars of Columbia, give ear to my story. The brave Baltimore damsel: verse in six stanzas; first line: A story, a story, to you I will tell. The…
Depicting, left to right, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Colonel Charles Stewart Todd, Colonel Lewis Cass, General Harrison, and Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson