Leaf Shaped Plate- c. 1812
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The plate is likely that of Eliza McGrath, dau of Owen McGrath MD, and wife of George J Lawe, Gentlemant Usher of the Black Rod 1792-1816. In the seige of Fort George about 27 May 1813, her husband was badly wounded, and her oldest son George William Lawe was killed. It is said that her youngest son grabbed a gun and joined with Indians shooting as fast as he could reload, and that Eliza forcibly removed the underage John from the conflict when hostilities subsided. After the death of her husband, an act of parliament was passed specifically to award Eliza a pension. Though badly wounded, George was apparently taken from his home and held prisoner. Among accounts of his repatriation is the news article from the Montreal Herald, 19 Feb 1814, Col 2: "A party from Missisquoi Bay, on the night of 17th inst, went out Burlington (Vermont)had brought John Powell and George Lawe, Esqrs. pioneers of war belonging to Niagara, taken at the capture of Fort George by the Americans."