[A] "Some respectable citizens from motives of curiosity weighed several shells &c., and found their weight to be as follows.
| One of the largest carcasses, | partly full of the combustible, | 216 | lb. |
| One of the smallest sort | do. | 103 | |
| One of the largest kind empty, | 189 | ||
| One of the largest bomb shells, | 189 | ||
| One of the smallest | do. | 90 | |
| One, marked on it (fire 16 lb) | 16 |
One of the largest carcasses partly full, was set on fire, which burnt half an hour, emitting a horrid stench; in a calm the flame would rise ten feet. Some of the rockets were sharp pointed, others not, made of sheet iron very thick, containing at the lower end some of them a fusee of grenade, calculated to burst, and if they were taken hold of before the explosion, might prove dangerous; one or two persons received injury in this way. They appear to contain a greater variety of combustibles than the fire carcasses.
[Letter from Capt. Amos Palmer, to the Secretary of War.]
[From Niles's Weekly Register, Oct. 21, 1815.]
The defence of Stonington by a handful of brave citizens was more like an effusion of feeling, warm from the heart, than a concerted military movement. The result of it, we all know, and it afforded sincere delight to every patriot. But the particulars we have never seen so accurately described as in the following concise narrative from the chairman of the committee of defence, to the Secretary of War, of which we have been provided with a copy for publication.—Nat. Intelligencer.
"Stonington Borough, Aug. 21, 1815.
To the Hon. Wm. H. Crawford,
Secretary of War.
Sir:
The former Secretary of War put into my hands, as chairman of the committee of defence, the two 18-pounders and all the munitions of war that were here, belonging to the general government, to be used for the defence of the town,—and I gave my receipt for the same.