Life And Correspondence of Henry Knox : Major-General in the American Revolutionary Army
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1777, appointed inspector-general, rank of major-general ; and made superintendent of tlie works on tlie Delaware. AVhile hastening as a volunteer, on 11 Sept. 1777, to the battle of Brandywine, his horse, becoming restive while on board a ferry-boat crossing the Schuylkill, plunged with him into the river, and he was drowned. 136 OPINION EELATIVE TO TAiaNG to assist the fire of Billingsport. These galleys would be for this purpose preferable to the floating batteries, as they tan be most easil...y moved in case of an accident to Billingsport. If much depends on the fire-ships, an enclosed battery ought to be con- structed on some advantageous piece of ground near Derby's Creek, and something higher up the river than where the present defective battery is : this, in order to prevent any of the enemy's ships mooring at the mouth of the western channel, so as to prevent the fire-ships being sent round into the main ship-channel ; and between this western channel is thought to bo most commodious for the free operation of the fire-ships, either in the channel leading to Billingsport or further down the river.
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