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Provincial and naval dispatches amid late Hampshire fighting
Reports from London and Bristol describe evolving action between Provincials and British regulars near Bolton with losses and cannon and flag casualties. Letters mention Cerberus frigate carrying dispatches from General Gage, and rumors of a major engagement. Additional notices cover East India Company ships, a court verdict against an excise officer, and local executions, marriages, and deaths.
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Acsonets
Jott
Preagle
Tates
New York
General Putnam
Bolton
Portsmouth
Gags
Obieve
Perth
Cerberus
Gage
St. James’s
America
East India House
Stainforth
China
Cape
Richard Houlditch
Bow
Excise
Bridewell Hospital
Nathaniel Thomas
Walbrook Ward
Henry Cranke
Mrs. Lyon
Earl
Joseph Harrison
Newgate
Greenwood
Tyburn
Fernandez
Devonshire Square
Booth Hewit
Rodwell
Lincolnshire
Robert Hewit
Elmsly
Featherscourt
Drury-lane
Mifa Ann Thompsfon
Warwick-street
Golden-square
John Williams
Thames-street
Speck
Dundas
Richmond
Habella Robertson
Marazion
Cornwall
Geo. Borlase
South Petherwn
Athworth
Daventry
Woodford
Richard Salway
South Sea Company