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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 19, 1775

Page

5

Ship Reedy Island drifted ashore in gale near Philadelphia

Extracts recount a vessel from Cafar Miller bound for Jamaica driven onto Reedy Island shore in a hard wind, with hopes of salvage. The notice also covers letters from Earl of Errincham and Alderman Promer praising Middlesex Freeholders, and a string of naval, political, and social items from Portsmouth to Dublin, including ship commissions, canal progress, legal transportations, and local marriages and deaths.

Cafar Miller Philadelphia Jamaica Reedy Island

London News Flows On American War Preparations

Friday October 20 Boston reports Hanoverian troops to join General Gage in the King s army. Six thousand destined for Gibraltar fortresses and Fort St Philip. Over 20,000 pounds weight of gunpowder shipped from Ostend and Dun kirk for Americans. Dutch merchants move powder via Bruges while Amsterdam houses aid naval stores bound for America. Norwich, Middletown and Providence letters describe regimental raises and arming efforts. Neutrals in Connecticut and Bristol note ship losses and provisions. Provincial assemblies escalate militia and 3500 extra soldiers. private pay at 1 s per day.

Gage Gibraltar Fort St. Philip Ostend Dunkirk Bruges Holland Queen’s Country Amsterdam Norfolk Virginia Middletown Connecticut Providence Rhode Island Honourable General Assembly Bristol Quincy North Carolina Tannah Moffop Whitehaven Casco Bay North America Greaves

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