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Detail of artillery and gear in 1777 inventory
An extra from General Howe reports a Rhode Island threat near Newport with enemy preparations. The defense by Admiral Pigot, Major General Pigot, and local inhabitants led to the desistance and separation of the planned descent. The list enumerates mounted ordnance, carriages, anchors, shot, and siege tools captured or stored at Wood James Pattison Camp.
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Wood
James 'Pattison
Bury
Royal Artil
North America
Sir William Howe
Lord George Germaine
Philadelphia
Rhode ‘Tiland
Rhode Island
New York
York
Clinton
Province Island
Dodd
Walker
Rennardson
Royal Society
Royal Academy
Society For the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Erasmus Middleton
St. Bennet Grace-church-steets
William Turnbult
Thomas Elis
iGardener
Bishiop
Lincoln
Daveson
Paris
Sfor
Thy
Alexander
Hogg