L. A large stone quartel for horses adjoining the Church San Antonio, Hospitals and Armory. M. The Magazine in the Church San Antonio two very efficient and appropriate rooms 10 feet square each, walls all around and above 4 feet thick. N. All large vacancies inside the walls of the fortress, the Church San Antonio is in the Alamo and forms a part of the fortress and is marked by the letter 0. P. The cannon mounted in the Alamo. Their number corresponding with that of the letters. Q. The acqueduct as around the fortress by which we are supplied with water, marked with red ink. R. A lake of water where we contemplate supplying the fortress by ditching from one of the acqueducts laid down. S. A pass from the present fortress to a contemplated drawbridge across a contemplated ditch inside a contemplated half moon battery as laid down on the plan. T. A part of said ditch, as well as a trap door across said ditch, which is contemplated to be raised by a tackle from inside the half moon battery. U. The hinges on which said bridge is to be raised. V. The half moon battery at each end of the fortress as contemplated. W. A 12 feet ditch around the half moon battery as contemplated. X. The contemplated ditch where we wish the permanent water to pass thro' the fortress and thence to pass out erecting an arch over each place and also a redoubt for a permanent cannon in case of siege. Y. A ditch passing under the stone wall to the lake marked R. (1832) [SAVAGE to WHARTON, et al] 18th January 1836-Opposite Port 96 Levee Free Ports-New Orleans To the Honble H. Wharton Genl Austin, & Honble B. T. Archer Genll- A feeling of patriotism to a people desirous of liberating ~hemselve~ from Oppression has induced me to propose certain ideas, which from the knowledge of the inhabitants of England I am certain will prove benefitial eventually to the interest and
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