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THB1779 Revolutionary War Record of Forage Purchased at the Port of (New) Bedford
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American Revolution
1779 Record of Forage at the Port of (New) Bedford, Mass.
December 1779-Dated Revolutionary War, Continental Army Record of Forage Purchased at the Port of (New) Bedford (Massachusetts), Choice Very Fine.
This Manuscript Document records payments due to and made for the purchase of Oats during the month of December 1779 from two individuals in four separate transactions, 9.5" x 14.75," 1 page. Apparently from an accounting book, the title reads, "Dbr The United States with Geo: Funk F.M. of Forage at the Port of Bedford for the Month of December 1779." Listing of the accounts and amounts due. In nice clean condition, some minor edge splits at the folds. Docket on the blank reverse reads, if full: "Geo. Funk, Abst. (Abstract) of Forage Purchased December 1779".
British Major General Charles Grey raided the Massachusetts communities of New Bedford, Fairhaven, and Martha's Vineyard in September 1778 as part of British operations in the American Revolutionary War. The raid was one of the first in a series between 1778 and 1781 executed by the British against American coastal communities.
Grey's force of 4,000 was originally intended as a relief force for the British garrison that was briefly besieged at Newport, Rhode Island, but they arrived after the Americans had retreated. They were diverted for raiding by British army officer General Sir Henry Clinton. On September 5 and 6, Grey raided New Bedford and Fairhaven, encountering significant resistance only in Fairhaven.
His troops destroyed storehouses, shipping, and supplies in New Bedford, where they met with light resistance from the local militia; they damaged fewer American holds at Fairhaven where militia resistance had additional time to organize. He then sailed for Martha's Vineyard, which was undefended. Between September 10 and 15, its residents surrendered 10,000 head of sheep and 300 oxen, as well as most of the island's weapons.
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