Pocket Watch owned by Commodore Thomas Macdonough, Jr.

pocket watch

CLOCKS, WATCHES & TIMEPIECES
Roskell, Robert
England, Liverpool
1810
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 3/4; diameter 2 1/8

Gold pocket watch purchased by Commodore Thomas MacDonough (1783-1825) in Liverpool, 1810, and probably carried at Battle of Lake Chaplain, 1814. The watch is engraved on the back "Comm. Thomas MacDonough 1783, U.S.N. 1825, Capt. Chas. S. MacDonough 1819 U.S.N. 1871, Rodney MacDonough 1863."

During the War of 1812, just when it appeared that the British would invade New York from Canada, a fleet commanded by Commodore Thomas MacDonough stopped them during a naval battle at Plattsburgh Bay in September 1814. Soon after, the British agreed to negotiate an end to the war.

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