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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Inhabitants of Portsmouth unanimously voted at a town meeting to establish a nightly patrol watch in four wards to protect against incendiaries, with three members per ward patrolling from 10 PM to sunrise; the watch has detained and examined several suspicious persons, who were released after no evidence was found.
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The inhabitants of this town at a meeting for the purpose, unanimously voted (in addition to the town watch) to keep up by turns a nightly watch to patrol the streets, to guard and secure the lives & property of the inhabitants against incendiaries, they are divided into four wards, and three from each ward patrol the streets from 10 o'clock in the evening until sunrise, such has been the vigilance of this Watch they have already taken up sundry strolling suspicious persons, who after being examined before a Justice of the Peace and nothing appearing against them, were dismissed, although some of them were strongly suspected of having some evil design in view.
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Primary Location
Portsmouth
Event Date
April 8
Outcome
several suspicious persons detained, examined before a justice of the peace, and dismissed due to lack of evidence, though some suspected of evil designs.
Event Details
Town inhabitants unanimously voted to maintain a nightly watch in addition to the regular town watch, divided into four wards with three patrollers per ward from 10 PM until sunrise to guard against incendiaries; the watch has already apprehended sundry strolling suspicious persons.