Minutes of the Committee Acting in Recess of the Rhode Island General Assembly, September 13, 1776

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[Newport] Friday Septemr 13th

Upon hearing the Petition of James Wallace and Henry Stevenson late Officers in the British Navy and now Prisoners in the Gaol at Providence Resolved That the Petitioners be permitted to go upon their Parole into either of the Towns of Smithfield, Gloucester, Scituate or Cumberland at the Discretion of the Secretary.²

1. RIHS Mss.

2. Wallace commanded the British schooner Hawke, taken April 4, 1776 by the Continental fleet. Stevenson probably had commanded the Glasgow's tender, taken April 6, 1776.

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1776 September 13

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Rhode Island General Assembly

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Newport

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American Theatre from September 1, 1776, to October 31, 1776

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