Newport Harbor and Lower Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, During the American Revolution: A Paper Read Before the Society, November 21, 1932 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Newport Harbor and Lower Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, During the American Revolution: A Paper Read Before the Society, November 21, 1932 Dec. 25, - The Prize that was taken on her entering the harbour la few days ago, is one of a coal eet from Louis bourg to New York. She was taken by the Alfred, Privateer belonging [to Providence, and was sent in here by her not knowing the place (newport) was taken. Orders have been given to be particularly careful of the Mills on the Island. As there is no stream of water in the Island, wind mills are used by the Inhabit-ants for grinding their Corn. There is a fulling mill upon a very small run of water near General Smith's quarters, used for fulling the woolen arti cles made by the inhabitants for their private use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."