Todd Braisted
Todd Braisted
across british broken difficult extremely local needed river ships supply wood
The British needed a stable, local supply of wood and that was just across the river in Bergen County. Ships were broken up for firewood and it was extremely difficult to get wood from Long Island.
although attempting build fort refugees remains
Refugees attempting to build the blockhouse on the remains of the fort never mounted ... cannons although they may have had at least one with them.
british george newspaper paper pension
It's paper archaeology from the pension applications, the newspaper accounts, the correspondence of George Washington, and some British journals.