The British Attack on Lewes-- Part 1: Closing the Delaware River Ports

From the February 16, 2018, Sahuaitsun.com.  "Geneaology Today:  Truth to town's War of 1812 legend" by Becky McCreery.

In March 1813 British naval ships sailed from the Chesapeake Bay to the mouth of the Delaware Bay with the plan of cutting off the Delaware River ports.

While anchored in the harbor at Lewes, men went ashore to procure fresh provisions.  They were refused.

--Brock-Perry