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Domestic News
January 13, 1776
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Inhabitants of Queen's County, Long Island, armed by Capt. Vandeput and ordered by General Howe, are to march to Virginia to aid Lord Dunmore in the King's service. Some will receive commissions in his Ethiopian battalion.
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We hear that a number of the inhabitants of Queen's county, on Long Island, who have received arms, ammunition, bounty, &c. from the very humane Capt. Vandeput, for the pious purpose of murdering their own countrymen, have received orders from General Howe, to march to Virginia to the assistance of Lord Dunmore, they being looked upon as actually in the King's service. Several of the most respectable, it is said, are to be complimented with commissions in his Lordship's Ethiopian battalion, now raising there.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Queens County Inhabitants
Loyalists March
Virginia Assistance
Lord Dunmore
Ethiopian Battalion
What entities or persons were involved?
Capt. Vandeput
General Howe
Lord Dunmore
Where did it happen?
Queen's County, On Long Island
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Queen's County, On Long Island
Key Persons
Capt. Vandeput
General Howe
Lord Dunmore
Event Details
A number of inhabitants who received arms, ammunition, bounty from Capt. Vandeput have orders from General Howe to march to Virginia to assist Lord Dunmore, considered in King's service. Several respectable ones to receive commissions in Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian battalion raising there.