On 5 September 1813, the USS Enterprise, under the command of Lieutenant William Burrows, fired upon HMS Boxer while it was anchored in Muscongus Bay, near Pemaquid Point, Maine.

[1] Blyth was buried in Eastern Cemetery in Portland, Maine, with full military honours at the same time and next to Burrows.

[2] Midshipman Kervin Waters was interred beside them upon his death two years later from wounds received during the skirmish.

[3] An image of Blyth, alongside a short account of his life, the battle and his funeral was published in the British periodical The Naval Chronicle for 1814.

[4] Blyth & Burrows, a bar in Portland, Maine, is named for the duo.