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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Extract of a letter from Wilmington in July describes how Jersey militia forced the British to abandon their West Point enterprise, leading to retaliatory burning of settlements, field devastation, cruelties near Elizabethtown, and the murder of a clergyman's wife in Springfield, which has ignited local indignation and opposition to the British army.
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From the spirited conduct of the militia in Jersey, the enemy were compelled to abandon their favourite enterprize against West Point, and to retaliate on the poor inhabitants, by burning their settlements, and laying waste their fine fields; and other acts of cruelty that add to the black catalogue of their vices, can be woefully testified by several fine girls in the neighbourhood of Elizabethtown. The murder of the Clergyman's wife in Springfield, has roused the indignation of those who have been indifferent to the termination of the war ever since the commencement of it; others who were wavering in their principles, are now fixed and have exhibited lately several instances of a spirited opposition to the British army.
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Primary Location
Jersey
Event Date
July
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burning of settlements and laying waste of fields; acts of cruelty including murder of the clergyman's wife in springfield; roused indignation and spirited opposition to the british army.
Event Details
Spirited conduct of the militia in Jersey compelled the enemy to abandon their enterprize against West Point and retaliate by burning settlements, laying waste fields, and committing cruelties testified by girls in the neighbourhood of Elizabethtown; murder of the Clergyman's wife in Springfield has roused indignation among the indifferent and fixed the principles of the wavering, leading to instances of opposition to the British army.