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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Agents from Holland in Hamburg bought over 30 cannons, thousands of small arms, gunpowder, and hired ten transports for a three-month voyage, likely to supply the continental army in British America.
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SEVERAL agents have lately arrived here from Holland, in order to buy up cannon, small-arms, stores, &c. and likewise to hire transports to embark them in. They have ordered and bought upwards of 30 pieces of cannon for the use of an army, many thousand stands of small-arms, and several hundred barrels of gunpowder, &c. which are embarked on board ten sail of large transports that they have taken up and victualled for a three months voyage. Many conjectures are raised in consequence of these preparations; but the most prevalent opinion is, that they are meant to serve the continental army in British America.
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Primary Location
Hamburg
Event Date
August 15
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arms and stores purchased and loaded onto transports for delivery to the continental army.
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Agents from Holland arrived in Hamburg to purchase cannon, small-arms, stores, and hire transports. They bought over 30 pieces of cannon, many thousand stands of small-arms, several hundred barrels of gunpowder, and embarked them on ten large transports victualled for three months. Conjectures suggest these preparations are to serve the continental army in British America.