Great apprehension prevails at Norfolk [Virginia] and
Baltimore [Maryland], of an attack from the British fleet. Should an assault be meditated, the one is as defenceless
[sic] and accessible as the other. Each
holds out a distinct temptation. But,
except the destruction of the [USS] Constellation we should anticipate at present,
no sufficient case for an hostile approach to Norfolk. As the nest of privateers, and the hotbed of
French trade an politics, Baltimore probably runs the greater risk.[1]
[1] Federal
Republican, published as FEDERAL REPUBLICAN, AND COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.; Date:
03-17-1813; Volume: VII; Issue: 943; Page: [3]; Location: Georgetown, District
of Columbia
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