毫无疑问，纽约具有巨大的战略意义。正如亚当斯（Adams）已经通知华盛顿的那样，它是北部和南部殖民地的联系……整个大陆的关键，因为它是加拿大，大湖和所有印度国家的通道。
(Unquestionably, New York enjoyed enormous strategic significance. As Adams had already apprised Washington, it was the nexus of the Northern and Southern colonies … the key to the whole Continent, as it is a Passage to Canada, to the Great Lakes, and to all the Indian Nations.)
