With the coming of the war, the same harbor facilities which made it a seaport, made it a home base for American privateers who would attack and seize British ships and take their captured prizes into Chestnut Neck.
With the coming of the war, the same harbor facilities, made it a home base for American privateers who would attack and seize British ships and take their captured prizes into Chestnut Neck. These same harbor facilities made it a seaport.