Gaspee affair referenced in Rhode Island 1774 remarks
A fragment from Rhode Island dated June 22 1774 discusses the Gaspee incident and Captain Lindsay, with notes on civil magistrates duties and testimony. It covers committee actions in Virginia, colonial correspondence, and reactions to the burning of the Gaspee, including opinions on witness credibility and pursuit of those involved.
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Thurston
Sadalaetia
Sna Lorem Jt
Daferia
Gaspro
Waintore
Aaron
Capt
Lindsay
Lee
Cary S Eaidi Island
Péteon
Royal Wiedom
J. Wanton
Fred
Smythe
D. Horsmaniey
Robt Avehmity
Newport
Rhode Inland
Virginia
Houe
Rhode Island
America
Hormandez
Oliver
Areou
Duddingston
Religious zeal and rail plans mix in 1048 notices
The item reports rising funds for Christian benevolence, anti Catholicism rhetoric, and new Protestant alliances including the Foreign Society and Christian Alliance Society. It notes President Jones's July 4 convention proposal and a New Bedford Fall River Railroad opening in June, linking to Taunton and Boston routes.
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Rome
Holy Alliance
Resin
Trn
Ain
Baird
Corres
France
Christian Alliance Society
Italy
Allante
St. Peters
Atlantic
Texas
Jones
Annals of Bristol on Philip and 17th century wars
Readable excerpts recount King Philip’s Indian names, his land sales, and the 1675 76 war where Benjamin Church defeated him. It notes colonial leaders, physician translators, councilors, and Bristol figures tied to Mount Hope and Plymouth with dates 1664 1676.
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Philip
Drakes
Pumatacom
Aliss
Mount Hope
Plymouth
Thomas Prince
Joe Tom
Purto
Massachusetts
Charles
England
Poca
Noket
Benjamin Church
Captain Golding
Church
Caleb Cook
Alderman
Phatip
Mohament
Tadiane
Bermuda
Annals of’ Providence
New Plymouth
Ue Pammne
Bristol
Uotd
Joan Wattey
Narnavian Oxiven
Nathanint Byrieep
Sampak
Bunton
Jol Walley
Superior Court of
Canada
Hutchinson
Alen
Ouven and Bowron
Naonissey
View Admiralty
Council of
Wal
Richard Byfield
Long Dillon
Sussex
Westminister Assembly
Tuxton
Whem
Boston
Rhodepeland
Tle
Joe
House of Representatives
Court of Common Pleas
Suffolk County
Allen
Massive Quebec Fire Destroys Hundreds of Homes
A vast blaze in Quebec on the 28th destroyed an estimated 1500 to 2000 houses and left about 12000 people homeless. The fire burned from morning until midnight, extending nearly a mile from its origin. Another fire struck Portland Monday damaging several dwellings and stores. We thank Messrs Knowles Vone and Anthony of Prondesco for a copy of the Gaspee documentary reprint.
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Quebec
Portland
Harps
Messre
Knowles
Vone & Anthony
Prondesco
Fragmentary travel notice resumes Newport schedule
Incomplete OCR text mentions resumed service to Newport and regular Monday Wednesday Friday evenings with a fare of five dollars. The fragment lacks clear dates or operator names but implies a continuing transport option with fixed pricing.
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Newport
Atlantic News: Great Western and Cambria Arrivals Report
Sixteen days of European dispatches note the Great Western and Cambria steamships reaching New York and Boston as Ashbel Smith arrives in London to discuss annexation. Market reports show cotton prices and securities fluctuating amid postwar tensions and speculative demand.
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Europe
Arnival
Vue Garat Westean
New Yorn
Camania
Boston
Cambria
Great Western
New York
le Cambria
Ashbel Smith
Fonds
America
Texas Annexation Drive and Mexican threat raise border watch
The Washington Union reports Major Donelson’s May 22 dispatch from New Orleans promising swift Texas annexation efforts. It notes Mexican forces under General Arista occupying parts of the east bank of the Rio Grande and asserts US squadron and volunteers will defend Texas borders while Capt. Stockton sails from Galveston with the fleet to Corpus Christi, the Rio del Norte, and Matamoros.
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Washington Union
L'Exan
Ord
Tio Whion
Rio Grande
Arista
Texas
Adda
Nis
Shell
Donelson
New ‘Orleans
Io Grande del Norte
New York
Texae
Herrominvision
Bubit
Lexus
Stockton
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Itio
Man shot at a residence near Smuthfold in disputed incident
A man named Lewis Joslin of Bellingham was shot through a window at the house of Mirza Brown in Smuthfold, about five miles from the village. He suffered wounds to the arm and left breast. doctors expect serious injury. A bass weighing 36 pounds was reportedly caught in the river below Barrington Ridge by Daniel Salisbor while towing for horse mackerel.
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Man ‘Dreo
Jan Miojment Alwan
Howse
Krebuy
Terror
Artie
Hey
Praheporl
John Dent
Ribston Hall
Knaresborough
Hunsingore
Wainford
Alta
Discnackru
Lewis Joslin
Bellingham
Mirza Brown
Smuthfold
Joshi
Hurried Transatlantic Voyage Toll From Central Andes
A garbled report recounts massive losses on a travel route from South America across the Andes, noting twelve hundred lives lost and a tearful toll from the Cordilleras. It mentions a captain Augustus G. Willitd sailing flour cargo from Rochester to the Hudson, with part of the cargo seized and abandoned at sea. It also references New Bedford ship market activity with prices for Sperm oil and beer.
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Simson
Pers
Soutly Ametica
Enuw
Andes
Cini
Rochester
Hudson
Howavery
Utica
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Annals OF Bristol
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