The Battery, which is to be errected upon Wind Mill Hill below the Old Battery at Hood’s, according to the Plan, proposed by the Major General Baron de Steuben, will consist of Eight 24 or 18 pounder[s] and defended in the Rear by a strong Redoubt for Sixty Men and four or two Field pieces, mounted in the Angles in Parapet. A Barrack in the Center of the Redoubt, sufficient large for the Guarrison. The Magazines for Amunition and provision under the Barrack. A good Revettment, Ditch, Draw Bridge, Glacis on the Outside, and will be secured by all kind of Impediments, as Palisades, Abbatties, Wolftraps and Fougasses.

The Time, in which to execute the Worck, will depend on the Number of Labourers, Season and of furnishing the necessary Materials. If the ‘Worck is to be compleated in two Months time, it will require

Labourers

1 Master Carpenter and		With their necessary Tools
3 Carpenters
1 Master Bricklayer and
3 Assistants
2 Blacksmiths
10

40 Able Negroes as Pioniers furnish’d with

• 40 Spades
• 20 Hoes
• 10 Pick Axes
• 20 Axes
• 20 Fashine knifes
• 10 Wheel Barrows
• Some Trooing Lines and some Nails.

Materials

82 12 Inch Timber, 22 feet long		May all be procured near Hoods.
45———,———, 30———
8———,———, 10———
600 8 Inch Palisades, 12 feet long
200 Inch Bords ————

A few Waggons or Boats and a few Necessarys for the Plattform, Draw Bridge and Joiners Worck may be easy furnish’d, in time the Main Worck is carried on.

An Addition of a Detachment of Soldiers at present in the Field, will finish in proportion the Worck the sooner.