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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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Baltimore citizens' elegant silver plate service, crafted by Philadelphia's Fletcher and Gardiner, arrives for presentation to Commodore John Rodgers honoring his key role in defending the city against British forces on September 12-13, 1814.
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We have the pleasure of announcing to our readers, that the elegant services of Silver Plate, made up at the expence of the Citizens of Baltimore, to be presented to Commodore Rodgers, as a proof of the high sense they entertain of the eminent services which he rendered at the memorable attacks of the British land and naval forces in the month of September 1814, has arrived in this city.
This most superb service is intended for the dinner table, and consists of a large Fish Dish: four large meat and four small ditto Dishes: four Vegetable Dishes with Covers: two Soup Tureens and Ladles: two large Pitchers; four Sauce Boats and Ladles; a Bread-Basket, and a dozen Forks all of the most substantial and exquisite workmanship, and reflecting on the Artists, Messrs. Fletcher and Gardiner, of Philadelphia, the highest degree of credit.
Each piece has the following inscription:
Presented by the Citizens of Baltimore to
COM JOHN RODGERS, in testimony of
their high sense of the important aid afforded
by him in the defence of Baltimore, on the
12th and 13th of September, 1814
Balt. American.
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Baltimore
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September 1814
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The citizens of Baltimore have prepared an elegant service of silver plate to present to Commodore Rodgers in recognition of his services during the British attacks on Baltimore on September 12th and 13th, 1814. The service, consisting of various dishes, tureens, pitchers, sauce boats, a bread-basket, and forks, was made by Fletcher and Gardiner of Philadelphia and has arrived in this city. Each piece bears an inscription testifying to the citizens' high regard for Rodgers' aid in the defense.