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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Letter from Ireland to Colonel Nesbitt in Boston, dated August 20, 1775, congratulates his escape from an engagement with American 'sons of liberty,' criticizes Americans as puritanical rascals aiming to break from Britain, hopes reinforcements will subdue them, and notes decision to halt enlistments for Boston.
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"I congratulate you on your happy escape in the late engagement you had with those sons of liberty—I am now beginning to think, notwithstanding the wise politics of this town, that the Americans are a damn'd set of puritanical rascals; [well said O'Donnolly,] and if we had not begun with them now, that they would in a very short time have totally shaken off their dependence on Great Britain. However I hope by the reinforcements we are now sending, they will soon be quieted."
Meaning a determination to stop enlisting men for Boston.
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Boston
Event Date
August 20, 1775
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happy escape in engagement; reinforcements being sent to quiet americans; determination to stop enlisting men for boston.
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Letter congratulates Colonel Nesbitt on escaping engagement with sons of liberty, deems Americans puritanical rascals seeking independence from Great Britain, hopes reinforcements will subdue them.