Lieut. D. ELLIOTT, _U. S. Navy_.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, _October 27, 1812_.
SIR: I have received, with great satisfaction, your
communication of the ninth instant, and have been desired
by the President of the United States to return to you, and
through you to the officers and men under your command, in the
expedition to Fort Erie, which terminated to the glory of the
American arms, his particular thanks. I am, with great respect,
&c.