Mr. Burke1 and Capt. Lawrea sailed from Beverly
harbour with the Privateers; had a smart wind at N. W. News came that Dr.
Gilson and others broke out of Plymouth jail and got into Boston; and by
advices from Dr. Eliot and Mr. Payson that the Regulars at B. are preparing to
quit the town; and from others that the Provincials are busy in preparing to
bombard the town, and to erect works for that end on the hill at Dorchester,
near the Neck.
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1 Captain Burke commanded the schooner Warren. History of Marblehead, p. 174.
SOURCE: Fitch Edward Oliver, Editor, The Diary of William Pynchon of Salem, p. 4
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