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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from Barbados dated September 18, 1761, reports arrival of HMS Amazon from England with dispatches for local officials, including news of 60 British transport ships sailing to New York to embark soldiers for a conjectured expedition against Martinique.
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"YESTERDAY arrived here his Majesty's Ship Amazon from England, with Express for our Governor, the Commodore, and Lord Rollo who commands the Land Forces; and by her we have an Account, that there were 60 Sail of Transport Ships, which had sailed from England for New-York, to take on board the Soldiers there, which 'twas said was design'd for this Island; so that we can conjecture Nothing else but that this Expedition must be against Martinico, which God grant them Success in."
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Barbados
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September 18, 1761
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HMS Amazon arrived in Barbados from England with express dispatches for the Governor, Commodore, and Lord Rollo, commander of land forces. The ship brought accounts of 60 sail of transport ships that had sailed from England to New York to embark soldiers there, said to be destined for Barbados, conjectured to be an expedition against Martinico.