[Newport] October 28.
At Falmo 130 Dwellinghouses & 300 Stores burnt by the merciless Fury of Capt Mowatt. At the Request of the Eng. Ambassador the Dutch extend the period of their Prohibition of exportg Powder & Arms to the Eng. Colonies. I perceive the Dutch & Spaniards fear the Revolt of the Eng. Colonies will prove an alarmg Precedent for theirs.
1. Dexter, ed., Diary of Ezra Stiles, I, 630.
