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Bristol Bombardment of 1775 Port Visit by British Fleet
On October 7 1775 the British fleet approached Bristol Rhode Island as 1200 residents prepared for Sabbath. The Rose Glasgow and Swan opened fire for over an hour and a half. After negotiations Captain Wallace demanded forty sheep or two hundred sheep and thirty cattle. the town supplied forty sheep and nine ten more from Poppasquash to avert further bombardment. One death Rev John Burt amid epidemic and shell damage to Governor Bradford's home. later British raids in 1778 burned thirty buildings on Hope Street.
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James Wallace
Town Bridge
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Fiam Bradford
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Coase
Simeon Potter
Bristol
William Bradford
Hope
State Streets
John ‘Burt
First Congregational Church
Newport
Hope Street
Bristol Ferry