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Questionable Fleet Movements and Quebec Expedition Rumors
The report notes two French frigates seen near an island in the Windward Passage and mentions 313 flat-bottomed boats ready at Havre de Grace. It also cites letters claiming orders to destroy invader ships, and rumors of Quebec being taken, with various reports from Philadelphia, Bristol, and Portsmouth about naval actions and reinforcements.
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M. Bompart
Havre
Havre de Grace
Ninth Regiment of
France
Britain
Ireland
East Indies
Hardwick
Sampson
Pondicherry
Isle of Bourbon
Rodney
Gill Crove
Portsmouth
Hawke's
Quebec
Philadelphia
London
Triton
Hornet
Bristol
Boston
Admiralty
Wolfe
Amherii
William
Noble
Greenock
North America
Montreal
New. York
New York
Philadelphis