<div class="description">
<p>Manuscript ; [4] p., [5] p.;  31 cm. <br><br>Anonymous manuscript letter written to Misters Edes and Gill, printers of the Boston Gazette and dated Newport July 21st, 1769. At head of letter: "Please to insert the following in your next Gazette and you'll oblige."  The letter was not published in the Boston Gazette. <br><br>Cite as: An Account of the Destruction of the British armed Sloop "Liberty" at Newport, Rhode Island, 1769. RLC.Ms.Bound.0017. Redwood Library and Athenaeum. <br><br>Gift of Roderick Terry, Jr., 1937.
</p>
<br>Subjects: Packwood, Joseph.; Reid, William.; Liberty (sloop).; Edes and Gill.; Customs administration -- Rhode Island -- 1769.; Marine protests -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- 1769.; Riots -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- 1769.; Mobs -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- 1769.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration.; Newport (R.I.) -- History -- 1769.; Boston Gazette.</div>
Internet Archive identifier