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�Portland - Aug. 16th 1820 [written in blue ink in two different hands] United States Batteries & Guns for the defence of Portland Maine [table header] Forts - Calibre - No. - Kind & Condition of Carriages - Platforms of different Battteries Preble - 50 prs - 4 - Burbeck, unserviceable - None in the Fort, that of the Battery, tolerably good " - 24 " - 12 - ditto - ditto - [column blank] " - 18 " - 4 - ditto - ditto - [column blank] " - 12 " - 1 - Travelling - ditto - [column blank] " - 12 " - 1 - Burbeck - ditto - [column blank] " - 12 " - 2 - Truck on Ship - ditto - [column blank] " - 12 " - 1 - dismounted- - [column blank] " - 9 " - 2 - Burbeck, Carriages & Guns unserviceable - [column blank] " - 6 " - 1 - Travelling - unserviceable - [column blank] " - 6 " - 3 - Ship - good - [column blank] " - 6 " - 1 - dismounted - [column blank] Scammel [?] - 24 " - 12 - Burbeck - Unserviceable tolerably good but not fit for service " - 12 " - 1 - ditto- ditto- [column blank] In Portland - 24 " - 4 - Travelling - Good - [column blank] " - 18 " - 4 - Sea Coast - unserviceable - [column blank] Preble - 10 inch Mortar - 1 - Wooden Bed - " - [column blank] " - 5 1/2 " Howitzer - 1 - Traveling - unserviceable - [column blank]

Remark - All the Batteries in the Harbor under the Charge of One Company of Light Artillery Whose aggregate strength is Fifty Seven