Notes on the State of Virginia (1802)/Query 10
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QUERY X.
THE marine?
Before the preſent invaſion of this ſtate by the Britiſh under the command of General Phillips, we had three veſſels of 16 guns, 1 of 14, five ſmall gallies and two or three armed boats. They were generally ſo badly manned as ſeldom to be in condition for ſervice. Since the perfect poſſeſſion of our rivers aſſumed by the enemy, I believe we are left with a ſingle armed boat only.