Raynors HCA 2016-10
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A complete and authentic issue of the noted Caledonian Mercury, November 27, 1776, 4pp., VG. The rebel fleet on Lake Champlain has been entirely defeated in two actions." List of American vessels captured or destroyed. Additional accounts of the action in a letter from Captain Douglas of the "Isis." Additional account of the defeat of the Americans led by BENEDICT ARNOLD: "The action began at twelve o'clock and lasted two hours, at which time Arnold, in the Congress galley, and five gondolas, ran on shore, and were directly abandoned and blown up by the enemy…." List of His Majesty's Naval Force on Lake Champlain. Detailed account (2/3 page). Complete text of notice of appointment by the Congress of Richard Brown as an officer in the Company of Riflemen. Signed in type by JOHN HANCOCK, President of the Congress.
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