Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 84
Canada. Thislake was the key to the situation. The British saw it and pres- The Centennial of Perrys Victory. 73 ently had a war fleet upon the lake. We must meet them there.We, too, must have a fleet. There was but one safe place to build it, and that wasPresque Isle Bay at Erie, being then and… … Proposed Perry Monument. being then too shallow for the enemys largest gunboats, and alsoto some extent protected by fortifications. The guns on theenemys boats then only had an effective range of about onemile. So our harbor was the place to construct the fleet. Fortunately in that crisis, Captain…
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