. Colonial times on Buzzard's Bay . age, andthe barges proceeded on board the brigantineNimrod, then lying in the bay. David Nye, jr. Noble Everett,Abner Basset, Wm. Barrows,Isaac Perkins^ Perez Briggs^ JOSIAH EVERETT_, Wm. FeARING. *^ P. S. This is known only by the undersigned,no other person being present, that is, that theBritish fired three muskets under the flag of trucebefore the agreement. Abner Basset,David Nye, jr. Although this raid attracted attention fromall parts of the country, and was commentedupon as an unnatural retaliation for the neu-trality of Wareham, the town having fur-
. Colonial times on Buzzard's Bay . age, andthe barges proceeded on board the brigantineNimrod, then lying in the bay. David Nye, jr. Noble Everett,Abner Basset, Wm. Barrows,Isaac Perkins^ Perez Briggs^ JOSIAH EVERETT_, Wm. FeARING. *^ P. S. This is known only by the undersigned,no other person being present, that is, that theBritish fired three muskets under the flag of trucebefore the agreement. Abner Basset,David Nye, jr. Although this raid attracted attention fromall parts of the country, and was commentedupon as an unnatural retaliation for the neu-trality of Wareham, the town having fur-nished neither a man nor a gun for serviceagainst the British, during the war, up tothis date, the town records are silent about J THE BRITISH RAID, 165 it. The only allusion to it is to be found inthe treasurers account-book, in which, underthe date of 1815, it is written : **Paid Archip-pus Leonard for standing guard when theBritish landed, seventy one cents. Andthat sum was all that the British raid drewout of the town
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