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Identifier: magazineofamericv11stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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March 18, 1766, upon the repeal of the BritishStamp Act. f See Fig. 1 of Illustration upon opposite page. DEFENSES OF NARRAGANSET BAY, RHODE ISLAND 473 Nassau by Com-modore Hopkins.These defendedNewport harborand the middleentrance to thebay ; but the westpassage was with-out fortifications. The Britisharmy, March 17,1776, had beendriven by Wash-ington from Bos-ton ; or, as theEarl of Suffolkabsurdly spoke ofthis ingloriousretreat in theHouse of Lords : General Howethought proper toshift his positionin order, in thefirst place to pro-tect Halifax, andafter that objectwas secured, topenetrate by thatway into the inte-rior country y It now becamenecessary for thefleet of Englandto possess somemore secure and capacious roadstead. No place offered such great advantages as Narra-ganset Bay, where her ships could ride at anchor within its land-lockedwaters ; and no safer base was to be found for the lodgment of her armythan the sea-girt isle of Rhode Island. Once in possession of this natu-
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THE FIVE BATTERIES. 474 DEFENSES OF NARRAGANSET BAY, RHODE ISLAND

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Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn; DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn; Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn; Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn; Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed;

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