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October 4, 1780
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A British officer reported in St. James's drawing-room on Thursday that captured American officer Scot claimed Congress barely convinced Americans to fund the current campaign, motivated by expectations that London and Westminster would burn that summer.
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Extraordinary as it may appear, we are assured, that the officer who was charged with the last government dispatches from Admiral Arbuthnot, declared in the drawing-room, at St. James's, on Thursday, that an American officer, of the name of Scot, who was made prisoner at the capture of Charlestown, told him that Congress had with the utmost difficulty prevailed on the Americans to support the expense and inconvenience of the present campaign, and that the chief reason which induced them to enter upon it, was a confident assertion that the cities of London and Westminster would be laid in ashes this summer.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Military
What keywords are associated?
American Congress
Military Campaign
London Wesminster Threat
Prisoner Intelligence
What entities or persons were involved?
Admiral Arbuthnot
Scot
Where did it happen?
St. James's
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
St. James's
Event Date
Thursday
Key Persons
Admiral Arbuthnot
Scot
Event Details
An officer carrying dispatches from Admiral Arbuthnot declared in the drawing-room at St. James's that American officer Scot, captured at Charlestown, informed him Congress struggled to gain American support for the campaign's costs, driven by belief that London and Westminster would be destroyed that summer.