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NECO.722.015
4-11 Jun 1722:22 (45)
Newport, Rhode-Island, June 7. On Monday morning last his
Honor the Governour had advice by a whale- boat (which came
away in the night) from Block- Island, that there was at
that island a pirate briganteen, with two carriage guns, and
four swivel guns, and about 40 or 50 men on board, which had
taken one cahoon, belonging to this island, and another
vessel outward bound from the westward. Whereupon the drums
were order'd immediately to be beat about town for
voluntiers to go in quest of the pirates; and by 3 of clock
the same day, there were two large sloops under sail, equipt
and man'd; the one mounts 10 guns and has 80 men on board .
. . [8 lines more in para.]
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