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Domestic News
August 31, 1782
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Letters from a captured ship from New-York to Ireland reveal anxiety among 'King's Friends' in Charlestown over the impending British evacuation, finding consolation in Sir Guy's humanity.
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By some letters found on board a ship from New-York, bound to Ireland, lately captured by Capt. John Buffinton, in the privateer ship Marquis de la Fayette, of this port, we find, that the "King's Friends," as they are termed, at Charlestown, were labouring under great anxiety of mind, and deplored the wretched condition into which they expected to be thrown by the approaching evacuation of that place. The humanity and tender feelings of Sir Guy, under the accumulated distresses into which they were soon to be plunged, were their only consolations.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Military
What keywords are associated?
Kings Friends
Charlestown Evacuation
Privateer Capture
Sir Guy Carleton
What entities or persons were involved?
Capt. John Buffinton
Sir Guy
Where did it happen?
Charlestown
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Charlestown
Key Persons
Capt. John Buffinton
Sir Guy
Outcome
anxiety and distress among king's friends due to impending evacuation; consolation in sir guy's humanity.
Event Details
Letters found on a captured ship from New-York to Ireland, taken by Capt. John Buffinton in the privateer Marquis de la Fayette, indicate that King's Friends in Charlestown are anxious about the wretched condition from the approaching evacuation.