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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Charlestown via ship Vulture: About 200 loyalists departed for Jamaica and 200 for St. Augustine; British forces evicted due to whig threats; inhabitants permitted by Governor Mathews to stay with effects; 63rd and 64th regiments sailed away.
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By the Vulture, Capt. Hearne, arrived at New York, who left Charlestown the 23d we learn, that about 200 loyalists had departed from thence for the island of Jamaica, and the same number for St. Augustine: that the British were under such apprehensions of danger from the whigs that were in town, that a number of them had been turned out: that a number of the inhabitants had obtained Governor Mathews permission to remain with their effects in Charlestown: that the 63d and 64th regiments had sailed from thence.
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Charlestown
Event Date
The 23d
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200 loyalists departed for jamaica; 200 for st. augustine; british turned out due to whig threats; inhabitants permitted to remain; 63d and 64th regiments sailed.
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Via the Vulture, Capt. Hearne, arriving in New York after leaving Charlestown on the 23d: 200 loyalists departed for Jamaica and 200 for St. Augustine; British apprehensive of whigs in town, leading to evictions; inhabitants received Governor Mathews' permission to stay with effects; 63d and 64th regiments sailed from Charlestown.