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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In New York, publisher Jemmy Rivington printed a fake Gazette extraordinary about a British naval victory to draw sailors to the common, where a press gang captured about 200 of them just before the last fleet sailed.
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A few days before the last fleet sailed, Jemmy Rivington published a Gazette extraordinary, containing a most pompous account of an action, said to have happened at sea, between the grand fleet of England, and the combined fleets of France and Spain, in which the former had come off victorious, and had captured and sunk six of their enemy's capital ships, requesting the inhabitants of the town to illuminate their houses and informed them that superb fire-works were to be played off upon the common on the joyful occasion; this drew many of the jolly tars upon the common to view the entertainment, when in the midst of their mirth and squibing, a press gang, prepared for that purpose, to their inexpressible amazement, stepped in and swept off about 200 of them, The next day Mr. Rivington, in his paper, acknowledged the information to have been premature.
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New York
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A Few Days Before The Last Fleet Sailed
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about 200 sailors swept off by press gang
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Jemmy Rivington published a Gazette extraordinary with a false account of a British victory over French and Spanish fleets, announcing illuminations and fireworks on the common to lure sailors, where a prepared press gang captured about 200 of them; the next day, Rivington acknowledged the information as premature.