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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Report from Worcester on March 1: A gentleman from Boston last Friday relays rumors of British forces removing mortars from Bunker's Hill, a council of war, General Howe advising Mandamus Counsellors and Tories to leave for England, vessels seized to transport them, and a rumor that if defeated in battle, they would burn Boston and relocate.
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We are told a gentleman who came out of Boston last Friday reports, that the enemy have taken away their mortars from Bunker's Hill, and carried them to Boston: that a council of war had been held in Boston for several days; that general Howe had advised the Mandamus Counsellors to go to England, and the Tories to leave the town: that all the vessels in the harbour that were not in the king's service were taken up, to transport the Tories and their effects: and that it was rumoured in Boston, should another battle ensue, and the regulars be defeated: they would set fire to the town, and remove to some other part of the continent.
It is a prevailing opinion, that something extraordinary will turn up in the course of a few days.
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Boston
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March 1
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A gentleman who came out of Boston last Friday reports that the enemy have taken away their mortars from Bunker's Hill and carried them to Boston; that a council of war had been held in Boston for several days; that general Howe had advised the Mandamus Counsellors to go to England, and the Tories to leave the town; that all the vessels in the harbour that were not in the king's service were taken up, to transport the Tories and their effects; and that it was rumoured in Boston, should another battle ensue, and the regulars be defeated: they would set fire to the town, and remove to some other part of the continent. It is a prevailing opinion, that something extraordinary will turn up in the course of a few days.