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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Worcester report on March 1 relays rumors from a gentleman who left Boston last Friday: British forces removed mortars from Bunker Hill to Boston, held a council of war, General Howe urged Mandamus Counsellors to go to England and Tories to leave, seized vessels to transport them, and might burn the town if defeated in battle.
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We are told a Gentleman who came out of Boston last Friday reports, that the enemy have taken away their mortars from Bunker's hill, and carried them to Boston; that a council of war had been held in Boston for several days; that General Howe had advised the Mandamus Counsellors to go to England, and the tories to leave the town; that all the vessels in the harbour that were not in the King's service were taken up to transport the tories and their effects; and that it was surmised in Boston, that should another battle ensue, and the regulars be defeated, they would set fire to the town, and remove to some other part of the continent. It is a prevailing opinion, that something extraordinary will turn up in the course of a few days.
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Boston
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Last Friday
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A gentleman from Boston reports enemy removal of mortars from Bunker's Hill to Boston, a multi-day council of war, General Howe's advice to Mandamus Counsellors to go to England and Tories to leave, seizure of vessels for transporting Tories and effects, and surmise that regulars would burn the town and relocate if defeated in another battle.