When was it published?

December 2, 1768 in The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

Foreign News December 2, 1768

The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

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Indian Boat Gift, Royal Present, Peacock Boat, Rotherhithe Launch, Rowed To Richmond

Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

An 80-foot boat crafted in India and assembled in England as a gift to the King was launched at Rotherhithe on Monday afternoon and rowed to Richmond, shaped like a peacock and painted beautifully, with escort boats to protect the paint.

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Monday afternoon, about three o'Clock, a superb boat, eighty feet in length, made in India, and sent to England in pieces at different times, as a present to his Majesty, was launched at Rotherhithe (where it has been put together by Mr. Bodman) and rowed to Richmond—a peacock, most beautifully painted. The boat itself was rowed by their men with paddles. Its form is that of a peacock. Wherries were rowed on each side, in order to prevent the paint from being rubbed off by any other vessel coming too close to it. A number of wherries, and other small boats, [the boat] cost three hundred pounds, and its furniture three thousand.

What sub-type of article is it?

Royal Event

What keywords are associated?

Indian Boat Gift Royal Present Peacock Boat Rotherhithe Launch Rowed To Richmond

What entities or persons were involved?

His Majesty Mr. Bodman

Where did it happen?

Rotherhithe

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Rotherhithe

Event Date

Monday Afternoon, About Three O'clock

Key Persons

His Majesty Mr. Bodman

Outcome

the boat cost three hundred pounds, and its furniture three thousand.

Event Details

A superb boat, eighty feet in length, made in India, sent to England in pieces as a present to his Majesty, was launched at Rotherhithe where it was put together by Mr. Bodman and rowed to Richmond. It is shaped like a peacock, most beautifully painted, rowed by men with paddles, with wherries and other small boats rowed on each side to prevent the paint from being rubbed off.