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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Reports from Newport on Sept. 5 detail military mobilizations in response to British General Gage's alleged order to steal powder. An express from Plainfield notes 10,000 men ready to march to Boston. Another express seeks commissions for officers; Col. Putnam marched 1,500 men from Connecticut to Cambridge, Col. Saltonstall to follow. Country enraged over soldiers killing 6 in Framingham while seizing powder.
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Yesterday an Express arrived at Providence from Plainfield, to inquire into the Account of the Powder's being stolen by Gage's Orders, informing that there were near Ten Thousand Men in Arms, in that Part of the Country, ready to march to Boston, if needed.
About 10 o'Clock last Night an Express arrived in this Town, for Commissions for a Number of Military Officers in the western Parts of this Colony, and informs, that Col. Putnam had marched from Connecticut, for Cambridge, with 1500 Men, and that Col. Saltonstall was to march this Day with another Body, and that all the Country were prodigiously enraged, they having been informed that a Party of Soldiers had marched to Framingham, to seize the Powder in that Town, and had killed 6 of the Inhabitants outright.
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New Port
Event Date
Sept. 5
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6 inhabitants killed in framingham
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Expresses report inquiries into powder theft by Gage's orders, with 10,000 men armed and ready to march to Boston. Commissions sought for officers; Col. Putnam marched 1,500 men from Connecticut to Cambridge, Col. Saltonstall to follow with another body. Country enraged over soldiers seizing powder in Framingham and killing 6 inhabitants.