. Records of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England : Printed by order of the General assemby. oes express, and has orders to wait until it is deter-mined whether a proclamation be issued or not; and if it be, to bring it back withhim timely, that it may be inserted in our newspaper to-morrow. Some exceptions are talcen at the Gaspees being called His Majestys schooner,as it is thought by some, she, in fact, really was not, and consequently did not dc;serve that appellation. K the evidence we have in that respect, be sufficient to denominate her a Kingsvessel, sh
. Records of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England : Printed by order of the General assemby. oes express, and has orders to wait until it is deter-mined whether a proclamation be issued or not; and if it be, to bring it back withhim timely, that it may be inserted in our newspaper to-morrow. Some exceptions are talcen at the Gaspees being called His Majestys schooner,as it is thought by some, she, in fact, really was not, and consequently did not dc;serve that appellation. K the evidence we have in that respect, be sufficient to denominate her a Kingsvessel, she ought to be called so; if not, then only without any compliment, theschooner Gaspee ; which is submitted to Your Honors better knowledge and dis-cretion, by— Your Honors most humble servant, DARIUS SESSIONS. P. S.—Dr. Sterling, who attends Capt. Dudingston, informed us yesterday thathe was in a fair way to recover of his Governor the Hon. Joseph Wanton, Esq., at Newport. 1772.] AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 81 Proclamation of the Governor of Rhode Island, relative to theDestruction of the By the Honorablg Joseph Wanton, Esquire, Governor, Captain General and Com-mander in Chief of, and over the Enghsh Colony of Rhode Island and Provi-dence Plantations, in New England, in America— A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, on Tuesday, the 9th inst., in the night, a number of people unknown,boarded His Majestys armed schooner the Gaspee, as she lay aground on a pointof land, called Namquit, a little to the southward of Pawtuxet, in the colony, afore-said, who dangerously wounded William Dudingston, the commander, and by forcetook him, with all his people, put them into boats, and landed them near Pawtuxet,and afterwards set fire to the said schooner, whereby she was totally destroyed. I have, therefore, thought fit, by and with the advice of such of His MajestysCouncil as could be seasonably convened, to issue this proclamation, strictlycharging and commanding al
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