HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald was a 36-gun frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction towards the end of May 1794 and work began the following month at Northfleet dockyard. She was completed on 12 October 1795 and joined Admiral John Jervis's fleet in the Mediterranean. In 1797, "Emerald" was one of several vessels sent to hunt down and capture the crippled Santisima Trinidad, which had escaped from the British at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. "Emerald" was supposed to have been present at the Battle of the Nile
Flora Stone Mather in the work. Much of her philanthropy was directed to educational institutions like Adelbert College, Western Reserve University’s College for Women, Hathaway Brown School and Lakeside Hospital School of Nursing, which was named in her honor. Her sister, Clara Stone Hay, was married to the wealthy statesman John Hay. Together, Flora and Clara continued their parents’ tradition of civic generosity, earning their own recognition as prominent philanthropists. Flora Mather’s most enduring philanthropic legacy is woven deeply into Case Western Reserve University’s past and present. Her family was among the university’s earliest benefactors. Amasa Stone, her father, was instrumental in moving