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- . 1814 March 18, 1814 - Schooner, Nonsuch, Charleston, South Carolina, Lieut. Commandant Lawrence Kearney.
Ref: American State Papers 023, Naval Affairs Vol. 1.
Telegraphic Summary: Tuesday, Dec 1, 1868. - Commodore Lawrence Kearney died at Perth Amboy, NJ, on Sunday, aged 79 years. He had been in the service 61 years. The deceased distinguished himself highly during his life, & was always looked upon as a very efficient officer.
Ref: Reading Eagle.
. The Kearny papers were obtained through the Lawrence branch of the family: Mary Lawrence's aunt Elizabeth married Michael Kearny (1725-1797), & Elizabeth & Michael were the parents of Lawrence Kearny, a Commodore of the U.S. Navy. [Kearny & Boggs].
. J. Lawrence Boggs donated the Boggs six volumes of letters & ship logs, & a scrapbook in 1937. NJ History Organization. The scrapbook kept by Kearny, dates from 1840, & contains wedding announcements, anecdotal press clippings, mostly humorous short stories. 6 Volumes of papers, Lawrence Kearny (1789-1868), U.S. Naval Officer Papers NJ Historical Society, Newmark, NJ.
. Commodore Kearney captured slave traders in the West Indies & fought Greek pirates in the Mediterranean. 1840 Open Door Policy, trade with China.
Kearney, Lawrence (Carney): Captain Gifford's Third Reg. & First Reg.
. 1834 Lawrence Kearny married Josephine C Hall. 2 Kearney children.
. Kearney, Lawrence, & Indemnity for expenses in prosecuting prize Cases & Payment of prize money 17, Memorial 52 Naval Affairs. Feb 12, 1828 Favorable leave to with draw & June 7, 1836 Adverse, leave on Gov. table.
. The papers of Henry Clay:
Discusses the case of the Brid. Cherub of Boston, a vessel abandoned by her crew & Greek privateers had captured her & brought into port for salvage. The USS Warren, under Capt. Lawrence Kearney gave the captain of the privateer papers demanding the delivery & payment for salvage taken. Capt. Kearney brought the ship into Boston.
. 1849 Apr 9, Thurs. Dr. S Andrews was elected many of Perth Amboy, by a majority of 20. Commodore Lawrence Kearny was his opponent so so the Rahaway Advocate.
Ref: Thursday, April 19, 1849, Newark Daily Advertiser, Newark, New Jersey.
. 1849 Apr 27, Fri. It appears by an explanatory letter in the Rahaway Advocate that Comm Kearny was not a candidate for reelection as Mayor of Perth Amboy, but was voted for without his knowledge or consent, being absent, in opposition to Dr. Andrews, who was elected.
Ref: Newark Daily Advertiser, Newark, NJ.
. KEARNY, Lawrence, naval officer, b. in Perth Amboy, N. J., 30 Nov., 1789; d. there, 29 Nov., 1868. He entered the U. S. navy as a midshipman in 1807, & served, during the continuance of the embargo & non-intercourse acts, on the flotilla of gun-boats under Com. John Rodgers. Subsequently he was on the frigates Constitution & President until 1810, when he was transferred to the Enterprise, & in March, 1813, was promoted lieutenant. He was actively employed in the defense of the coast of South Carolina & adjacent states during the war of 1812-'15, & after its close distinguished himself in clearing the West Indies & Gulf coast of pirates.
In 1826 he was given command of the Warren, & sent to the Levant, where he successfully attacked the Greek pirates, broke up their strongholds, & finally dispersed them, frequently capturing several vessels in a day, &at one time had more than 100 prisoners on board his vessel. On his return to the United States in 1832, he was made captain, & after various appointments on shore duty was given command of the "Potomac," & in 1841 advanced to the command of the East India squadron. He hoisted his broad pennant on the Constitution in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro, the first instance of that act being performed at a foreign station. While in the east he was active in the suppression of opium smuggling, & secured the rights of American merchants in China. Learning that a commercial treaty was about to be concluded between the English & Chinese governments, he at once communicated with the officials & secured a promise on the part of the Chinese government to extend similar facilities to American merchants. In consequence of this action, the U. S. government sent Caleb Cushing as special envoy to China, who negotiated the treaty that was ratified in July, 1845. While on his homeward voyage in 1843, Capt. Kearny stopped at the Hawaiian islands, & there protested against the treaty then in progress of settlement leading to the transfer of these islands to the British government. He afterward held various shore appointments, including the command of the New York station, the presidency of one of the naval boards of inquiry, & membership in the lighthouse board. In April, 1867, he was made commodore on the retired list, & he was also a member of the New Jersey board of pilot commissioner.
Ref: Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1900. - - - [1]
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1789 - 1868 (78 years)