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Glover's Marblehead seamen aid Washington at Brooklyn
In the Long Island retreat, Colonel John Glover organized Marblehead seamen to ferry troops and gear across a mile wide Hudson River channel under heavy odds. The night crossing faced a much larger British force, yet Washington persevered aided by Glover’s boats and a northeast storm that harried Howe’s fleet.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
N.Y
Long Island
George Washington
Rooklyn Bridge
New York
Sir William Howe
Howe
Washington
John Glover
Marblehead
Glover
Hook
Bayonne-Jersey
Jover
Barbados
Jamaica
New England
Europe
West Indies
Madeira
Philadelphia
Greenwich
England
Portugal
Spain
Rose
Massachusetts
Sam Adams
Britain
Boston
Lord North
Grand Banks
Lexington and Concord
Cambridge
Benjamin Tallmadge
Connecticut