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voted city would deliver vp tht lr arms, he wotild per';: .
mit tnerrrrto ih tromthe-towprVrth-thcie tfctts
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To "the'C OM MITTEES of So u Yh-C AfcoLiNa.. They delivered up rira r-3000 ftahd of a?mV-ahd to tly$ t:feW;&mM
r" v .y:-r - - - day, they arc, in ilumeful hrcac&.efthe wjnUita
.'V; ' '. :k Clmltftown, Jne,30, 1775, ; taincd in captivity, pV.icntly chJurmg the calanutiei'o -lifv P 1
m of chelate -war, do:i difperfc vou rckls.danm.y'ihrow dotrnyour armtv; 'f ')'. .'3Sj
iuiikri Ji cjunanj difperfe.; ' UponVlUch' the troops hu2za'd imcr' : 'vf
icufure of iheir iniquity djattly one or two piScers'difthired "their7 "piflolsandrffNpigj
xed in the purfuit ci their th-rn ihcrc feemedvlo It i g:ncnl difebrge fromlW? i' ? W
" - iwcvci, inc tuiec ot -ramenca inu ccicnoes in
r HI. V year will bca grand cpocna in the hiitory of commencement ol tli.s uiinaniral wit: about eiclit
q, liiaiijkm.i. una iuiiivuuu.i an., nii-uninu,.. iriiic nuiinrcu MOKittts-caxiie in ucnt, iu!t oetote
graced hcrfcll, in in unexampled rjrv-
cl all the Lnghiu minutcrS ot ttnte
rim William-- to rthe. conclulion
net equal ths c uil t that -D r itiftv
fjucc the Litter penod. ' The : mca
?r k.hh uw iuh. Ktm . .u j'...... i iui.ii uiTii uicic iecmicuau a K-iHTii liucirjrirc isom iiC "' i ' k'fv.i
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p. ni to cnn.vve America, in oruci nw me; uuui iiiiitc ynor oooy. r.ignt-vimenc;iTi5-werc kiiietf-upon -tlm)i4-v(.i'f-vi
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i.W:it4Wiu'm to elevate. thcmonarch, jlutjusbtn
nine were vrounded. The fohlicrs,
j laced t.ii a. throne only to oTrn unncr ine uwiiito iuiuui.:6,. relumed their irarch to Concord ; sr.d there, , . "
;. rhroiu !i:'orc ail law. lint, divine proridencc has in-' ' l'pcedily dellrovvd a ccnfdcrable quantity "of flour and r ""'"'-. i-
l"-)u-cJ tuc,rAJ:'icricitw-with fu'ch vitfj'couragv ?.nd con--. other iUa belonging to the' public. ' Another jfariy of? yX,
lut, as lu likca.iy attract:;! th; attention of th: uui- militia, abcut i 50 nun, il.rn.'ed -at tuch Tiolenccs, baj."' W-: ;:'
an.l will nukithctn iumoui Wthc lateit noftcrity. . aflcmblcd ncar.a bridire- at Concbid. Tbi" fcWiers fired' .
i killed
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two nxn, .; It was this re2.pcateJi ,
'I'hc-Amcricsnn. promifc- to-arMt- tho land ot t yrunnj , 'upon them, an
n.l to favc even llntjn iu Iron) nuckl:i.
In a former letter we da la red 'to-you, that there i
Kut it; i? projbi it? 01 i.ee:duiz the preunt unuapry Vxii troops out ot the town, and com ftcllM then ttx
i.ublic difruus, by the pactfcc nttaiures we nae nitucno retreat to '-cxin 'ton, m here they met a rcnuorceintnt or . : ' .v.-TvJ
ad cf deadly hof,;.ity tlut rcufcd the A mcricatis to repel' ' . 7'
force ty force. 1 bey new returned the firc-fceat th '- , .
kind's troops out of the town, and com pelted then t.tv, 'y'Jr;:
p urlucd : Uur l.ica$ were junf .ana wna hic uccju iooo ircin n.vi?, anu two pieces 01 cannon, -a ne lautua. f V-'i
r;tf, fimtft rcMutbn we-now ajuKunc'e to you,' beinp, by this lirae, incrcaicd in their. r.timccrs, they foort:-' ; ' ; X ; ' i! -
'tlMt-tW fird t f cW ar, W iiu only actually drawn, , didocd the troops from this port j who, 'during ihs-5" s, -4
i.-it HiiiK'tl' withi,HH I ! 'IV kind's. t.opps hive at rcmai.ider of th: Aiuy, made a precrritate retreat through:
the American lire, awd - i:nc
I r.rth i-cr'.inenceu hrilii'ti?' s-a.nll t'oi tontineiit; and
i.rt confinin'n t!:-!r urinciico'. attjcks, "inA'incn in ccVcr of .thr ni&Mi In this bartl cf heih
arms deK niii. tli.ir prcp.ltirs, tht-y hire (Luhtercd Amcrusns ha I 39 men killed, and 19 wcunded
d a place cf fifcty under
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!ic uiuruit-.l. the Ut., mo n.-ij.i.-.s: r..ir.j, :sr. ram.
ow t..jf.rci out Jc
tlie cfciit!
I'-ciy jf ip-.tr. trJ, !icn the
i.n:, iicii from the
ciinnrT tily o;'pic.lilj thry I. c no
king's troops lolt 166 men, killed, wounded, and rtii
j heir enormities wire
iT.n .ri:t!ran:e rui x
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1 ii.u : ;n or ths
fun, un;:l tic p'-t'w-Z 01 the fanii
i'.ngi-anJVby fubfequent attounts, it rpe.;s that, vx . : ' . ' ,'. :"tv$
confluence of that aclion, g.nehl Gsjc rmy has luf-
tsintd a diminution of 1000 men, by death, wcunds, " '?0'
prifonei, difcrtion, forfeits, and other incapabilities of ,
fcivice. l or the trorps 'kn2 fourrtdtemy horn
on duty, marched", fought," and fled, 43 wile, ia tlut .
time, v ithaut the leift rcfrcfhmer.t. Ltt it be rcrocm
berc
tht kin?', troops v;e:e di.'.omlited ;tt!.ey tij.l b.icre cur
ioure.! .VlilU j tl r.iH.i Uti thcai iVota total de
i'.n.tiicn. "
Hut fwe, in what nannf r th American rivij wafcom pkk
runefdi and we bv ueirc you th-csle, as l!v:d t try
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I . ;iiral 'z: cn trc 0.1c psrt, aaa uy in. oi.c 01 .inn were ociJf.ca ana uimn, y jwui wt omu.i.n nu
red, that th:fe iSoo Britifh regulars, ct(.5fiir5 of the;'
kkrJ rt(: i f the w'nolc armyguniditrs, light infin
y, ;md fnarin .s, carefully ricpared for the e.pcdiJcnt
in 1 on r..e other. ' una, ortagni.io rcpci an enrapcuea iiiatk, anu ntarutii. j t , , .'vi
iZi'fiLnttii it.: a f!.ts:hr.i,f:t.oi about KiJic.'iwi'iu.nui prut upon we. ipur 01 inc octaiun.. is -.yTl; i 2
into th: MM'n.iv, t-j fwe n l d.fWey the ptrperty ol the be uclmrvd iun to polterity, that tie American ch'il
tec ids. Ifj:.: !..fi.;j;lMf.tr-I''iy. 'Ibis Uetirhmer.t, in vr broke out on tlw 19th diy of Apiil, 177J. An , t -'jV J
1 .m dr-un no" en 1 prem. and when the trccrs came ! the La'.iirtnnpire , . ; '
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ti;-ir rtM'viii thtrv bC
em (a f.tu.itiuii of the line cf Much ait important eycr.t :i tbe ac!lul ccmmencemeDt , " 1 ;,', X
to Ale u.n The foldiers urxn of dil war, culcd the nnvcntivn cf the iVngrcfs, est N , '.S
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.(... .t,..m ia Ciiprni.n.t -lit tl.i f?0 of lun t in im Jr. fkaf Miiir rrovilion mirht ha
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nude unit in.pcinUng rtiamues. 1 he
Sc nie Of their, who I.jJ jumped
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w-1', tlu-n hrctl f-ur yr hte ila-t it the uoap, anj,
m r a - mm m ... a a .
t.u, t.C lulliff V lK-glil a uitTcrc.i 1.1c, jna
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ng f.j.Ttiics. 1 ne ccngTcu rt.c
on the aid inLnt) and it u cur duty to inlwrm you.
anJthiough you, the yublw it Itrg.-, of the mater ij
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Itii.il fevtr 1 f the country people. Clear af it n, Irani -tlioas cl . n.ipoit'nt i.i.ion. i i V .
' ctn ff m tn'i Uat that the king' troop-, by ru.r.inj . As 4 fuf. lUi for our ucfener, it wai thought etpe- y . , '
t:r, ictually iracUd -i!e ri'l w.;cca"Jy J.i:ngri; int t. r.it: the inSalit:r.ts of the oLny, " ;as a bind
t-'U ft r-rcial Cajfe Iwi the icjt'it) to cn nle hu in her Uftiue aguinP. every feeatk1 tothu plrpu -nvrv.ivc
nf ti uuftufatc atlitr. 'a cm u-niUntul 011 tk' unrth day l June, iu'.mcdurtly after the cck- - ;, 1 . 1
... 1 1... mif-iU na r bt r.t m. I r .tii of ditine ferkr. in conrfcU an ifibeiatlon wat ,
I riltV-p. r'c oiMihiUJufli) Hul rr.r;i wi.l fitwi by ill tlie nirtnbcis pirlmt, folcmnN cr;i:tnj .
"e l U lurpifv.! m ihU; vhi iMlu-y arc i,M iVe th.fr lives arrd fo.iunes. U the fpacc : .f four dayv ; . -.
rtrl irui -s n. fawpV'w ' lTaf en 4 f-'lenn cnf;e- the -lUbtimi was lolunurily fobfawedbf aJ.hCllCfcrf t
irrf Air il.e cctirr.ti' ileus! tr 0.71 rem tied t inhibitint ia CbrlcOvr, ui L'AttiuuiuJ uwj ,... . ,
Mn, 1.: JcwLtid, tU il "tiic ihU'H--u wt : tiai Jc 'wuuuj,
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