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Bristol Bombarded 1775 by British Ships in Newport Bay
A detailed Bristol account recalls a British squadron in Newport in 1778 July 7 1775 night attack on Bristol with the Rose Gaspee and Eskew bomb brig and a schooner cannon fire killed Rev John Burt also notes scarcity of sheep cattle surrender and local leaders Simeon Potter and Captain Wallace led defense outlet for local memory includes preserved bomb cannons and a ten inch shell with memorial inscription.
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Newport
Bristol
Rose
Gaspee
Eskew
James Wallace
Naveen Woorshain Wee
Bradford Street
Wardwell Street
High Street
Wallace
Simeon Potter
Esq
John Burt
Daniel
Bradford
Burt
Congregational Church
Main (Hope) Street
Hope
State Streets
John Wilcox
State Street
Walley House
Walley
Wilcox
Lewis Richmond
Martin
Phenix
Joseph ‘Russell
Hope Street
Martin Bennett
Nathaniel Bullock
Judge Bullock
Nathaniel Fales
Joseph Reynolds
William Pearse
Jeremiah Diman
Richard Smith
Benjamin Bosworth
Joseph Russell