Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Dangers and Defences of New York: Addressed to the Hon. J. B. Floyd, Secretary of War
Of property. Yet its ravages were confined to a ver limited area. How, in money or in words, could we estimate t e loss of property, the destruction Of military and naval armaments and stores, the paralysis Of the nation's commerce, the shock upon our warlike power, the disgrace upon our scutcheon, which would or might result from a successful attack, and a more or less pro lon ed occu ation of the port and harbor.
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