United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/13th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 8
Chap. Ⅷ.—An Act to reward the officers and crew of the sloop of war Hornet; and Lieutenant Elliott and his officers and companions.
Prize money to the officers and crew of the Hornet, and to Lieutenant Elliott, his officers and companions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to have distributed as prize money to Captain James Lawrence, late of the sloop of war Hornet, his officers and crew, or their widows and children, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the capture and destruction of the British brig Peacock; and to Lieutenant Elliott, and his officers and companions, or their widows and children, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, for the capture and destruction of the British brig Detroit; and that the sum of thirty-seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the purpose aforesaid, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 13, 1813.