by John Marshall

“ To have overcome these multiplied difficulties, would in itself be a matter of sufficient praise, to entitle a man to the highest tribute public gratitude could bestow, were every other occasion that could call for it wanting. In 1799, Captain Schanck was again appointed to superintend the transport service connected with the expedition to Holland [8] ”

“ A rare, and highly honorable example, particularly at that time of day, when peculation and plunder were charges by no means uncommon, and the opportunities which he possessed of enriching himself, without danger of incurring complaint, or risking discovery, were perhaps unprecedented. ”

“ The balza is a raft, composed of eight or ten large pieces of timber, connected together by transverse beams, having a mast and sail; it is steered by boards about three yards long, and half a yard in breadth, which are placed vertically between the timbers, by raising and lowering which, the raft tacks, wears, and performs all her evolutions with great facility. ↑ See the History of Marine Architecture, vol. iii, p. 338, et seq., together with Grant’s Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in his Majesty’s vessel, the Lady Nelson, of 60 tons burthen. ”

“ They were so constructed as to be capable of navigating themselves; and were not only absolutely equipped with masts and sails for that purpose; but, having been built at the distance of seventy miles from Crown-Point, were actually conveyed thither without difficulty, for the purpose of forming a bridge at that place. The unhappy result of General Burgoyne’s expedition for the subjugation of the Colonies, is too well known ”