Jacob Lewis on the New York Flotilla-- Part 3: The Manpower Problem Solved

**  The New York Flotilla could have been in complete readiness right now had so many men not been enticed to service on warships or in the Lakes (Erie and Champlain where a major shipbuilding race was going on).

**  He has lost hundreds of men to warships and the lakes.

**  "I am  perfectly aware of the importance of Gun Bs so much so, that I would, suggest a plan to take from the two frigates which are and  will remain Blockaded in the Chesapeake their Crews & send them to the Lakes they will make all Canada tremble."

He suggests taking the men needed to man the new warships on Lake Champlain and Lake Erie from the crews of the two frigates blockaded in the Chesapeake Bay and not going anywhere instead of the men he needs to man his flotilla ships.

**  "I am perfectly satisfied to Command  what has always been   despised by the Navy, and this make it useful."

--Brock-Perry