(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1778) London Gazette Extraordinary on

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) London Gazette Extraordinary on the Rhode Island campaign. 3 pages, 12 x 7 1/2 inches, disbound; minor dampstaining, partial inked revenue stamp. London, 15 October 1778

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Publishes a series of letters from Newport leading up to the Battle of Rhode Island, concluding with the latest news in a 6 September letter from New York: "Notwithstanding the departure of the French Fleet, the Rebels still continued the Attack at Rhode Island. . . . The enemy had evacuated the Island the Evening before."