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Title:
PRO 30/55/086/023 - Abstract from Samuel Knowles
Date:
1783
Language:
English
Date from:
1783-11-10
Date to:
1783-11-10
Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/086/023
Full Description:
Information of Samuel Knowles a native of King's (now Washington) County, Rhode Island. Had returned to his home after the proclamation of peace, which he found had been sold on a charge of counterfeiting or uttering Boston money; was arrested on a charge of joining and adhering to the British and returning to the colony; was thrown into jail, was brought before the Assembly and banished; was then taken to Newport and put into a dungeon and then shipped to New York the next day on board the sloop 'Friendship'.
TNA Link:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16559589
Format:
Handwritten
DOI:
10.1163/37612_WNA_PRO_PRO_30_55_86_23