I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Z. Taylor,
Major-General U. S. A., commanding.
December 10, 1846.
Somers navis Americana. ℞. Pro vitis Americanorum conservatis.
LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIG-OF-WAR SOMERS.
[for Having Saved the Lives of Americans.]
SOMERS NAVIS AMERICANA. (The American vessel Somers.) The United States brig-of-war Somers knocked down at sea. Exergue: ANTE VERA CRUZ DEC. 10th 1846. (Off Vera Cruz, December 10th, 1846.) C. C. WRIGHT. F. (fecit).
PRO VITIS AMERICANORUM CONSERVATIS. (For having saved the lives of Americans.) Three men-of-war's boats, English, Spanish, and French, pulling for the Somers. Exergue: A vacant space for the name of the recipient. ENG. (engraved) BY C. C. WRIGHT.