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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from New-Haven reports rumors from New York and Long Island of 7000 British troops ordered to embark late last week, fueling beliefs of enemy evacuation. A recent Rivington's paper advertises for inhabitants to decide on relocating to Quebec, Halifax, or staying.
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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in New-Haven, to another in this town, dated May 30, 1782.
By several persons from New-York and Long-Island, we have accounts that corroborate with what I wrote you in my last of an embarkation at New-York: it is now said that 7000 troops were ordered to embark the latter part of last week, and a belief gains fast here that the enemy are about evacuating that place. A gentleman belonging to this town, came from Stamford yesterday, and reports that a very late paper of Rivington's has a paragraph or an advertisement in it, to warn the inhabitants to meet and determine whether they will go to Quebec, or Halifax, or stay in purgatory. I cannot myself believe 7000 troops will leave that post without it's being evacuated.
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New York
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Latter Part Of Last Week (Relative To May 30, 1782)
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Accounts from New-York and Long-Island corroborate an embarkation of 7000 troops ordered the latter part of last week, with growing belief that the enemy are evacuating the place. A gentleman from Stamford reports a recent Rivington's paper containing a paragraph or advertisement warning inhabitants to meet and decide whether to go to Quebec, Halifax, or stay.