LIST OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD BRIG "HENRICUS," CAPT. MARTIN JAYER, FROM AMSTERDAM. PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 22, LIST OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE BRIG "Martha,” CAPT. EBENEZER HOYT, FROM AMSTERDAM. Mr. Charles Whanbert, Cabin Passenger. Charles Lewis Baumann, Steerage do LIST OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE SHIP "FAME," CAPT. ALEXR. FRASER, FROM ROTTERDAM. Dorothy Jordon. Susan Jordon. Henry Jordon. John Merchelin & his wife. John Merchelin, Jun*. Christian Merchelin. Ann Junkin. John Mum. Valentine Vatholt. Andrew Krumlich. John Neuman. Margarett Burgedin & one William B. Euler. Ann Catherin Euler. Berder Slauch & his wife. John Slauch. John William Slauch. John Riticher & his wife. Catharin Riticher. John Riticher. Eva Evertine. Margarett Hartmann. Casper Junger. John Sleygar & wife. Catharin Sleygar. Michael Hincken. Andrew Scherck. John Adam Beum. Christian Bonnet. Eliza Moedine. Barbara Lossin & child. John Wytzel & his wife. John Wytzel. Conrad Wytzel. John Anton Brand. Conrad Killman. Antron Truppertin. Christian Frederick. John David Kesler. Ludwig Simmons & his wife Eve. John Simmons. Frederick Simmons. Peter Simmons. Melchoir Simmons. Gabriel Simmons. Catherin Simmons. DU COUDRAY'S "OBSERVATIONS ON THE FORTS INTENDED FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE TWO PASSAGES OF THE RIVER DELAWARE," JULY, 1777.1 Fort at Billingsport. 1. As to the Situation, it is well-chosen, it commands the River in the narrowest Part I have seen, and is the most capable of Defence. 2. As to the Plan or Projection, it is very bad. The Object in View ought to have been to defend the Chain of Chevaux de Frize, which bar the River. For that Purpose 30 or 40 Cannon, well placed, would have been sufficient. The Edge of the Scarp would have afforded room enough; it was therefore necessary to shut the Gorge of the Battery, so that the Enemy might be obliged to land and open Trenches, in order to take Possession of it. And in the particular Circumstances in which this Fort was begun, it was necessary in 6 weeks or 2 months to have had something finished to answer the End proposed. But to complete it agreeable to the present Circumstance, and to finish the Half-moon necessary to command the Highth on the opposite side of the River, would require at least four or five Months, provided it were well constructed and a great number of Men were employed, in as much as the Soil is the most unfavourable that can be met with. Besides the Length of Time, which the Plan of this Work would require in the present situation of Affairs, another Inconvenience attends it, which is, that it would require for its Defense, a more numerous Garrison than could be spared from the Army. For it would require at least 2000 Men; as, from the Badness of the soil, the Enemy's Cannon would 1 1 Manuscript in collection Historical Society of Pennsylvania. |