West River Skirmish of 1781: Difference between revisions

Mr. Steward's dwelling house, multiple store houses with shipbuilding materials, and a recently-completed 20-gun ship were reportedly destroyed in the clash <ref name = "historyOfAACounty">A History of Anne Arundel County in Maryland. United States, Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2016. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Anne_Arundel_County_in_Mary/5wZJvgAACAAJ?hl=en</ref> <ref name = "tulipHill">Kelly, J. Reaney. “’Tulip Hill,’ Its History and Its People.” Maryland Historical Magazine, December 1965, pp. 349-403. https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5800/sc5881/000001/000000/000240/pdf/msa_sc_5881_1_240.pdf</ref>. All records pertaining to Stephen Steward's partnership with Samuel Galloway were also destroyed <ref name = "chesapeakeBayInTheAmericanRevolution">Eller, Ernest M.. Chesapeake Bay in the American Revolution. United States, Tidewater Publishers, 1981.</ref>. However, the day after the battle, Mr. Steward sent a letter to the Maryland Council that he was ready to build a one or two galleys with guns for them <ref name = "lymanHall">Hall, Lyman. "The Stewards of West River." BookBaby, 24 May 2021, p. 300. Hall hypothesizes that the report of destruction was manufactured by Mr. Steward in an effort to protect himself, his family, and his shipyard from further attacks.</ref>.