When was it published?

January 24, 1792 in The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

Foreign News January 24, 1792

The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs, War Report, Diplomatic

Q: What keywords are associated?

St Johns Shipbuilding, British Vessels, Indian Chiefs London, Western Posts Britain, British Indian Assistance

Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia

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What is this article about?

Vermont Gazette reports advice from Canada of three British armed vessels building at St. Johns (28, 24, 18 guns). British hold western frontier posts; Indian chiefs' recent London visit and hostile tribes' improved fighting suggest British supplies and aid against US.

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The Vermont Gazette, of the 26th ult. mentions, that advice had been received at Bennington, by a gentleman from Canada, that when he passed St. Johns he observed three vessels on the stocks; which on enquiry was informed were designed for vessels of force; one of them to mount 28, one 24, and the other 18 guns.

The posts on our western frontiers are yet in the hands of Britain: several Indian Chiefs have lately been to London—and reports of their returning with sentiments unfriendly to the United States [perhaps more than bare reports] are circulating; when we add to this, that the most hostile tribes are near the neighbourhood of the western posts, withheld from us by Britain, and that they have lately fought with a degree of regularity unknown before to Indians, the surmise appears probable, that they have not only received supplies but assistance from that quarter.

What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs War Report Diplomatic

What keywords are associated?

St Johns Shipbuilding British Vessels Indian Chiefs London Western Posts Britain British Indian Assistance

Where did it happen?

St. Johns, Canada

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

St. Johns, Canada

Event Date

26th Ult.

Outcome

surmise appears probable, that they have not only received supplies but assistance from that quarter

Event Details

Advice had been received at Bennington, by a gentleman from Canada, that when he passed St. Johns he observed three vessels on the stocks; which on enquiry was informed were designed for vessels of force; one of them to mount 28, one 24, and the other 18 guns. The posts on our western frontiers are yet in the hands of Britain: several Indian Chiefs have lately been to London—and reports of their returning with sentiments unfriendly to the United States [perhaps more than bare reports] are circulating; when we add to this, that the most hostile tribes are near the neighbourhood of the western posts, withheld from us by Britain, and that they have lately fought with a degree of regularity unknown before to Indians