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Extract of letter from New York, May i.14 This morning a veflcl arrived here from Bolton, by which wc learn that the lots on the ikle of the King’s troops is 67 killed and milling; Lieutenant Knight, of the 4th, and Lieutenant Hull, of the 43d regiments, are among the (lain; 120 wounded, la ol which in danger, and y 6 officers Uightly. The lofsof the provincials laid to be conliderable; they are now intrenched before Bolton, to the amount of 12 or iy,ooo; all the inhabitants in Bolton arc difarmed. The Otter.....—B.-.. —orbrings thethereade of all the coloniestucket* Nova Scotia, St. Lawrence, NewYork, North Carolina, and Georgia*4V Lall •veiling a detachment of* theConnecticut troop marched into town,afcd are to be followed by feveral more.** On Saturdayot the Milit ary Aifbciators, when it was determined that each ward Ihould be formed into one or more companies, the officers to be cho fen in tlic rtfpcive wards. Two troops of light horfe arc nowrailing; two companies of expert rifle-men, and two companies of artillcrv-mcn arc forming. We have lix pieces of bra isartillery, and ftvml light iron ones. Ourprovincialarms, powder, See. are all feeur-cd. Three provincial magazines arc forming. In fhort* Mars has ettablhhed hisempire in this populous city ; and it is not doubted but we (hall have, in sc few weeks
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Williamsburg Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia, US
Fri, May 12, 1775
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