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Destruction of the Gaspee by Rhode Island Patriots
On June 9 1772 the British customs schooner Gaspee ran aground near Providence Rhode Island. Patriots boarded looted and set the ship afire with Lt William Dudingston wounded. The incident sparked royal pursuit a 500 pound reward and a commission to prosecute but locals refused to identify rioters.
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Francis G. Walett
American Antiquarian Society
Namquit Point
Providence
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
William Dudingston
Dudingston
Rascal
Aemn
Great Britain
K.G
Br.I.n.c
The
Mercury
Newport
Gaspee
England
Britain
John Brown
Colonies