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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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From Chatham, reports indicate British regiments in New York, including the 22nd and 57th on Staten Island, ordered to embark, leaving only 9 regiments; refugee families and loyalists like Mayor David Matthews preparing to evacuate; desertions among British at peak since the Revolution.
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By the most recent and authentic accounts from New York we learn, that even regiments are ordered to embark, of which the 22d and 57th, now lying on Staten Island are of the number, and that their remaining force will not exceed 9 regiments.
A great number of refugee families are preparing to leave New York; and the best informed gentlemen on the lines assure us, that great preparations are making which they suppose for a general evacuation. David Matthews, the Mayor, and several other active loyalists, have taken vessels for the transportation of themselves and families.
Desertion, at no time since the revolution, was ever more prevalent among the British, than at present.
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New York
Event Date
October 16.
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preparations for general evacuation; high prevalence of desertions among british troops.
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Even regiments ordered to embark including the 22d and 57th on Staten Island, remaining force not to exceed 9 regiments; refugee families preparing to leave; informed gentlemen assure great preparations for general evacuation; Mayor David Matthews and other loyalists securing vessels for transport; desertion more prevalent than at any time since the revolution.