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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Extract from a July 17, 1780 letter from Freehold, NJ, reports British Admiral Graves's fleet of six large ships off Long Island, augmented by Arbuthnot to 13, with 19 large ships total at New York; foggy observations at Shrewsbury; accounts of Graves engaging and losing a 74-gun ship, arriving shattered at Rhode Island, and urgent recruiting.
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Extract of a letter from Freehold (New Jersey) dated July 17, 1780.
Here remains no longer a doubt about the six large ships that my former letters mentioned to have come off Long Island yesterday afternoon. They are Admiral Graves's fleet; I presume some of them 80 guns, none under 60. I rode down to Shrewsbury yesterday; the weather was too foggy to make any critical observation. I observe that Arbuthnot has augmented Graves's fleet to 13 ships, ten of them appear to be 60 and upwards; three of them large frigates. Arbuthnot's ship and others from the west line immediately to cover the entrance into Sandy Hook.
From my own observations and a variety of accounts, I am of opinion, that the British now have 19 ships of 64 guns and upwards at New York, besides small frigates, sloops, cutters, &c. Accounts from New York on Saturday, says, Admiral Graves has fallen in with Admiral Graves and that Graves had lost a 74 gun ship, unknown; that Admiral Graves had arrived at Rhode Island in a shattered condition; that they were exerting themselves amazingly at New York to complete their complement of men on board their ships of war. Every volunteer that will enter on board for this exigency, is to be discharged from all duty by land or sea for three years.
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New York
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July 17, 1780
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graves had lost a 74 gun ship, unknown; admiral graves had arrived at rhode island in a shattered condition; every volunteer that will enter on board for this exigency, is to be discharged from all duty by land or sea for three years.
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No doubt about six large ships off Long Island being Admiral Graves's fleet, some 80 guns, none under 60; Arbuthnot augmented to 13 ships, ten 60 and upwards, three large frigates, covering Sandy Hook; British have 19 ships of 64 guns and upwards at New York; accounts of Graves falling in with Graves, losing ship, arriving shattered at Rhode Island, exerting to complete men on ships.