biography
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Elliott, Jesse Duncan
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| male
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| lived:
| (1782–1845)
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| biography:
| US naval officer, born in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA. He commanded the USS Niagara during the Battle of Lake Erie (1813). He was accused of failing to promptly aid Commodore Oliver Perry's flagship, but the ensuing controversy did not prevent him from holding many other commands in the navy. |
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