The campaign weighs a fishery against a trade port at Boston and rejects another naval base because New York already fills that role. Concentrating the army and naval facilities in New York lets Boston specialise in commercial income rather than duplicate nearby infrastructure. A separate naval yard remains farther south in case operations against France require local support. The choice combines regional specialisation with enough geographic redundancy for a fleet that may fight in more than one theatre.
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Specialising Boston and New York's port infrastructure
Boston can become a commercial port because New York already supplies the region's naval base and army concentration.