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We are informed, that the Swan sloop of war, which arrived here from Boston yesterday week, lost her best cable and sheet anchor on Nantucket shoals, received considerable damage, and was very near foundering; she was haled in to the wharf at Goat Island, in this harbour, last Monday [November 27], where she is now repairing
By a gentlemen, late from Boston, we learn that Capt. Ayscough, of the...
Date: 4 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Last Wednesday [February 14] an armed schooner from Boston, arrived in this harbour, and immediately proceeded up the Bay to Capt. [James] Wallace, who lay near Hope; the next day the whole ministerial fleet moved to the upper part of Prudence, where, on Friday, they landed a number of men, who attacked and took a WINDMILL, on which they hoisted a flag by way of triumph, and then burnt the mill...
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Last Tuesday [March, 12] as a freight boat was coming from Updike's Newtown to this place, the ministerial fleet lying up the Bay,. took out a quantity of butter iind poultry, and the week before they ー took out of the same boat about 20 barrels of cider: Last Wednesday some men from the miuisterial fleet landed on the Bonnet at North-Kingstown, where they killed 3 cows, big with calf, two of...
Date: 18 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The ministerial fleet on this station, about a fortnight past, took a double decked brig in Narraganset-Bay, belonging to this place; they took off her upper deck, and fitted her with 8 or 10 guns, and last Wednesday and Thursday the whole f[le]et, consisting of the ships Rose, Glasgow and Swan, two brigs of 8 or 10 guns each, 3 armed tendersand a la[r]ge transport snow, sailed on a cruise, and...
Date: 25 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Last Wednesday the two brigs belonging to the ministerial fleet took a small sloop, a little to the eastward of this harbour; and the next day one of the brigs, a schooner and a small sloop tender, took two large sloops, one bound to Nantucket, loaded with provisions, &c. and the other to the WestIndies; and on Friday these cruisers took another sloop just without Seconet Rocks. 1
Last...
Date: 1 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Last Tuesday as two freight boats were coming from Updike's Newtown, in this colony, to this town, with wood, cider, butter, eggs and towcloth, the ships of war stopped them, and took out 17 barrels of cider, and all the butter and eggs, and some potatoes, which tis said they paid for, and detained two passengers (who were bringing some of those.articles to market) several hours, on board the...
Date: 8 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Since Sunday the 7th instant, there have been two large cables and anchors taken up in our Bay, by some of the troops of this colony, and one hauser of 140 fathoms, with a small anchor, which were left behind by the ministerial fleet, in their late precipitate flight. Last Monday arrived in this colony in 8 days from South Carolina, the sloop Charlotte, Capt. John Joy, who in lat. 34½, was chaced...
Date: 22 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Last Wednesday a ship, supposed to be the Scarborough or Cerberus, and a black brig,
1 were standing off and on a little without the entrance of this harbour great part of the day; they were twice close in with the light house; two American brigs, and three sloops, the same day, were chased by the above black brig, but got clear and went in on the east side of this...
Date: 29 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4
About one o'clock yesterday morning, the bomb-brig, a schooner, and 2 or 3 armed sloops, left the harbour, went to Conanicut, and landed upwards of 200 marines, sailors and Negroes at the East ferry, marched in three divisions immediately over to the West ferry, and set the several houses on fire which were near the ferry place, then retreated back, setting fire to almost every house on [each...
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The ministerial fleet on this station, last week, cut a supply of wood on Gould Island, a little above this town. Last Saturday, a large sloop, supposed to be that lately owned by Capt. J. L. Wynn 1 came into this port, and brought in a large double decked brig; the same day a schooner, which parted from the above vessels off our harbour's mouth, went up the East side of this Island,...
Date: 25 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
A brig loaded with salt, belonging to New-York which was brought into this harbour by one of the King's cruisers some time past, was drove ashore on Goat Island last Saturday se'nnight, where she still remains; 'tis supposed most of the salt is melted.
Date: 1 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
We mentioned, in our last, a sloop which had put off from this town to carry a number of families up the river, with their household furniture, provisions, &c. and that she was stopped by the men of war, who took out a quantity of provision, notwithstanding she had Captain [James] Wallace's pass. The same vessel, after she had been to Warwick's and landed some of her freight, in going to...
Date: 15 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
We are told Major [Benjamin] Tallman and Captain [Andrew] Waterman behaved with great spirit, and distinguished themselves much in repulsing the enemy from Prudence.
The men of war, &c. lay near Hope Island several days last week, where 'tis supposed they supplied themselves with wood and water. On Friday they came down to this harbour again.
Within a week past, the Continental Cruisers have...
Date: 22 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Capt Manly, of the Lee privateer of 10 guns, the week before last took two valuable prizes, & carried them to Plymouth. ー On Tuesday, as he was again putting out to sea, he was attacked by two armed vessels, which he engaged about an hour, when one of them struck, but before he could take possession of the prize, another vessel of 16 guns engaged him, and his vessel being much damaged, and...
Date: 5 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3