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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Taunton, Gen. Cobb and Col. Haskell with a party of men and 300 militia protected the Court House from a mob of about 400 young men and boys. The court opened, sat half an hour, and adjourned without day to prevent coercion until people's complaints are investigated.
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By a gentleman from Taunton, who left that place yesterday, at noon, we learn that in the morning of yesterday, Gen. Cobb, and Col. Haskell, with a party of men, took possession of the Court House in that town, in order to protect the Justices of the Courts, which were by law to sit there that day, from insult--That the Courts were opened in the usual manner--That they sat about half an hour, and then adjourned without day--that the militia under arms amounted to 300, with one field-piece--That the mob, consisting chiefly of young men, boys, &c. were about 400 in number,--That the Court were not influenced in their adjournment, by any of the threats of the insurgents, but merely from a desire of preventing any coercive measures, until the complaints of the people were enquired into, by proper authority;--and that they had not dispersed when he came away.
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Taunton
Event Date
Morning Of Yesterday
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courts adjourned without day from a desire of preventing any coercive measures until the complaints of the people were enquired into by proper authority; mob had not dispersed
Event Details
Gen. Cobb and Col. Haskell with a party of men took possession of the Court House to protect the Justices from insult. Courts opened in usual manner, sat about half an hour, then adjourned. Militia under arms: 300 with one field-piece. Mob: about 400, chiefly young men, boys, etc. Court not influenced by threats of insurgents.