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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract from Halifax letter dated November 16 reports the lieutenant governor receiving orders to survey fortifications and count province's armed inhabitants, while Prince William Henry mounts guns on his ship before sailing, indicating an end to current peace.
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"The lieutenant governour has received orders by the packet to hold an immediate survey on the fortifications here--also to transmit to England as soon as possible the number of inhabitants in this province capable of bearing arms--these circumstances, together with Prince William Henry's mounting his cabin guns, previous to his sailing, which were commonly stowed in the hold of the ship, seem to indicate that our present tranquility will be shortly at an end."
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Halifax
Event Date
November 16
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indication that present tranquility will be shortly at an end
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The lieutenant governour received orders via packet to conduct an immediate survey of fortifications in Halifax and transmit to England the number of inhabitants capable of bearing arms. Prince William Henry mounted his cabin guns on his ship before sailing, which were usually stowed in the hold.