From Spirits Alive, Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM BURROWS
Beneath this stone moulders the body of Captain William Burrows.
Late commander of the United States Brig Enterprise
Who was mortally wounded on the 5th of September 1813
In an action that contributed to increase the fame of American valor by capturing
His Britannic Majesty's Brig Boxer after a contest of 45 minutes.
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A passing stranger has created this memorial of respect to the memory of a Patriot
who in his hour of peril obeyed the loud summons of an injured country,
and who gallantly met, fought, and conquered the foeman.
--Brock-Perry
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