. When we destroyed the Gaspee : a story of Narragansett Bay in 1772 . I have seen printed in black and white : I shall report your two insolent letters, addressed toLieutenant Duddington, to his Majestys secretaries ofstate, and leave them to determine what right you have todemand a sight of all orders I shall give to the officers ofmy squadron, and I would advise you not to send yoursheriff onboard thekings shipagain on suchridiculous er-rands. Now, if Admiral Monta-gue thought he could comeanywhere near frighteningMaster Wanton, he was making abig mistake, and but for the fact that we took
. When we destroyed the Gaspee : a story of Narragansett Bay in 1772 . I have seen printed in black and white : I shall report your two insolent letters, addressed toLieutenant Duddington, to his Majestys secretaries ofstate, and leave them to determine what right you have todemand a sight of all orders I shall give to the officers ofmy squadron, and I would advise you not to send yoursheriff onboard thekings shipagain on suchridiculous er-rands. Now, if Admiral Monta-gue thought he could comeanywhere near frighteningMaster Wanton, he was making abig mistake, and but for the fact that we took it into our own hands to do away with theGaspee, Ill warrant you the admiral would have got sucha wigging as must have lowered his crest a good manyinches. I have also seen printed a copy of the letter which ourgovernor wrote to this same puffed-up, bawling admiral,and in it, according to my way of thinking, he gave thekings officer as good as had been sent, with something tospare, for among other things he said : I am greatly obliged for the promise of transmitting. 18 WHEN WE DESTROYED THE GASPEE my letters to the secretaries of state. I am, however, alittle shocked at your impolite expression made use of onthat occasion. In return for this good office I shall alsotransmit your letter to the secretary of state, and leaveto the king and his ministers to determine on which sidethe charge of insolence lies. As to your advice not tosend the sheriff on board any of your squadron, pleaseto know that I will send the sheriff of this colony at anytime and to any place, within the body of it, as I shall seefit. Now to prove more thoroughly that this fellow Dud-dington was such a person as could not be tolerated inany law-abiding colony, let me here set down that Gov-ernor Wanton believed the matter to be of so serious anature as to demand some action by the Assembly, and,after he had read to that body of gentlemen a copy of theinstructions given the sheriff when he boarded the Gaspec,a
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