noted US Naval officer Captain James Lawrence died commanding the USS Chesapeake defeated by the British frgate Shannon off Boston Harbor- his dying order, "Don’t Give Up the Ship", which became the US Navy's rallying cry. Original & historic issue of the Boston Massachusetts Gazette, June 28, 1813 with the first report, from Halifax, NS, of US casualties aboard the captured Chesapeake & the funeral parade for Captain Lawrence at Halifax. w page 1 account & order of the the Funeral Procession & a woodcut illus of his coffin . 4pp small repair top margin, overall vg.