Destructive British raid reports at Peek's Kill 1777
A May 1777 London Gazette extract details Lieutenant Colonel Bird's detachment destroying rebel stores at Peek's Kill on the North River March 23 and 24 1777. It lists total quantities seized burnt by both sides including rum molasses flour biscuit pork beef and military equipment. Also notes barracks storehouses burns and a small naval engagement as part of Lord Howe's communications.
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Nobility and gentry visiting Southampton for the season are informed that Mr and Mrs Ward have taken a large elegant house No 79 in the High Street furnished in the most genteel manner as a lodging and boarding house They hope to merit patronage and can accommodate a family as well as single ladies and gentlemen.
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