State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations At the End of the Century a H
State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations At the End of the Century a H
Field, Edward, 1858-1928
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R. Viii, 115. ) 'Arnold, ii, 390. Stiles, in his Diary, ii, 141, under date of March 10, 1777, says: "There have been 5, 000 troops around Narragansett Bay this winter. Now are 4, 000 besides those returned last week. The State of Rhode Island has 2, 500 militia on actual duty, 500 Rhode Island Continental Troops, and 500 Massachusetts militia, 500 Connecticut militia. " 236 State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. destroyed, property was plundered, and the remaining inhabitants who we...re not Tories, were maltreated. The British constructed forti- fications early in the year at Fogiand Perry and further north at Butt's Hill, while the Americans made such defensive provisions as were suggested by the situation. Washington sent Generals Arnold and Spencer to the assistance of the army in Rhode Island and in January they assumed full charge of operations. The attitude of the hostile forces on Rhode Island and the nearby shores was certain sooner or later to bring on a conflict. As a general war measure the military authorities considered such an event desir- able.
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