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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A survivor from the sloop Industry of Providence reported in Philadelphia that on last Tuesday morning off Sandy Hook, they sighted 15 British ships of the line; their sloop was chased ashore near Shrewsbury by an armed brig and lost, but the crew was saved. The fleet and about 100 other vessels passed the Hook Tuesday and Wednesday from the south, possibly from Charleston or England to evacuate New York.
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Last evening one of the people late belonging to the sloop Industry, of Providence (Rhode Island) arrived in town from Shrewsbury : He informs, that last Tuesday morning, off Sandy Hook, they discovered a fleet of 15 sail of British line of battle Ships ; that the sloop was soon after chased and run ashore near Shrewsbury, by an armed brig, and lost. but the crew were saved. The whole of Tuesday and Wednesday the above fleet. and near one hundred sail of other vessels. ships and brigs, were seen to pass the Hook, apparently from the southward, but could not learn certainly where they were from-While some conjecture that the above fleet is from Charlestown with the troops &c. of that garrison, others say, that the transports must be from England, for the purpose of taking off the garrison of New York.
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Sandy Hook
Event Date
Last Tuesday Morning
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sloop lost, crew saved
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One of the crew from the sloop Industry of Providence arrived in Philadelphia from Shrewsbury and reported that last Tuesday morning off Sandy Hook they discovered a fleet of 15 sail of British line of battle ships. The sloop was chased and run ashore near Shrewsbury by an armed brig and lost, but the crew were saved. The fleet and near one hundred other vessels passed the Hook Tuesday and Wednesday from the southward. Conjectures suggest the fleet is from Charlestown with troops or from England to take off the New York garrison.