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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Extract from a July 8 letter from Portsmouth describes an express arriving with dispatches for Boston, carried by the hastily fitted Alderney sloop which sailed the next day. Same day, 92 dockyard workers were discharged per navy board orders, while others petitioned local inhabitants.
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"Wednesday an express arrived with dispatches for Boston, to be conveyed by the Alderney sloop. The ship was then fitting in the harbour, and had neither guns or scarcely any thing else on board; but the people working on her all night, she was got ready the next day, when she sailed, without anchoring at Spithead.
Same day, agreeable to orders from the navy board, 92 people were discharged from the dockyard. None of the others are yet gone to work, but are making fresh petitions, addressed to the inhabitants, &c. of this and the adjacent towns."
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Primary Location
Portsmouth
Event Date
July 8
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92 people discharged from the dockyard; ship alderney sailed without anchoring at spithead; fresh petitions made to inhabitants
Event Details
An express arrived on Wednesday with dispatches for Boston to be conveyed by the Alderney sloop, which was fitting in the harbour without guns or much else on board; workers prepared her all night, and she sailed the next day. Same day, per navy board orders, 92 people were discharged from the dockyard, with others not yet working and making petitions to inhabitants of this and adjacent towns.