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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Extract of a letter from Cambridge reports Capt. Darby arrived in England from Salem in 27 days with battle accounts, shocking Lord North and others. Merchants distressed, Parliament expected to reconvene amid ferment over colonial disunion rumors.
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"Capt. Darby arrived in England in 27 days from Salem. The accounts he carried of the battle were published. Lord North was thunderstruck at the sight. Lord Dartmouth sent for Capt. Darby, with impatience to see him; but he was advised not to put himself in their power. The people were much surprised at the account, the merchants distressed on account of their property. Parliament had been but two days prorogued, and it was expected would be called again soon. Every thing in a great ferment. Administration had given out that New York had deserted the other colonies, which report Capt. Darby could not contradict; and that a general disunion would take place. For this report the conduct of your Assembly gave too much ground. Capt. Darby's vessel plied on and off for him and never went into any harbour, nor was it known in what part of England he landed. General Gage's dispatch vessel sailed for England four days before Capt. Darby."
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England
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people surprised, merchants distressed over property; everything in great ferment; rumors of new york deserting colonies and general disunion.
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Capt. Darby arrived in England in 27 days from Salem with accounts of the battle, which were published. Lord North was thunderstruck. Lord Dartmouth sought to see him, but he avoided it. Parliament prorogued two days prior, expected to reconvene soon. Administration spread reports of colonial disunion, which Darby could not contradict due to New York Assembly's conduct. Darby's vessel avoided harbors; Gage's dispatch sailed four days earlier.