Andrew J. McConnico to the Governor March 6, 1813
At 11 o'clock on Thursday night I dispatched an express communicating what had passed in relation to the requisition of Col. Freeman, and enclosing his Letter.
I had hoped to have found leisure to say something more on that subject, but it is impossible. Our information from the Pleasure-house yesterday states the Enemy's Forces to be Four Seventy-fours, 5 Frigates, and a number of smaller vessels, making in all seventeen Sail. Some of the hitter may be prizes. On the 4th, a boat from one of the Enemy's ships attempted to land, but on the appearance of some Gentlemen on Horseback, a signal was hoisted and the boat immediately returned to the Ship.
In consequence of the understanding I have had with Col. Freeman, by which the forces of the State under my command are placed by his requisition in the service of the General Government, I have assumed, as the superior officer, the controul of the Forts, and have directed a Fleche to be constructed at Fort Nelson, and 12 heavy pieces of Artillery to be mounted, with other dispositions for the better defence of the reverse, as also the repairing of the Parapets.
I have also directed works to be constructed for the better defence of the reverse of Fort Norfolk, and this morning I have begun intrenching the approaches to the Borough, and two hundred and eighty men, with a corresponding number of officers and non-commissioned officers, are now at work in the absence of the General.
I am, &c.
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