[June 1776, cont.] On the outside of the Fort at the
Edge of the Wall was a Stone
erected at a very Redoubt Battery erected at
a vast Expence to the King built
of hewn stone the outside about
ten feet high, the inside filled up
to form a plane that the Wall was
not more than a foot and & half high
over this the Cannon were to play
, but as So low a wall would not be
a Sufficient cover for our Men
our People were busily employed
in making a Turf Wall upon the
Stone Wall & when we arrived had
almost finished as compleat a
Battery as ever I Saw; Several
other Fortifications were erected
in this Town which made it
tolerably Strong & Safe against any
attacks of the Enemy; From the
above mentioned Fort was a Spa=
-cious Street runing east
notherly
extended it in a right line reached without the
Town about 1 Mile In this near
the Fort is the Statue Equestrian Statue
of King George 3d a Present
from
himself to this City; The design