[14] “On the 9th of June, 1772, Captain Lindsey left Newport for Providence in his packet.”—_Idem._ “Called the Hannah and sailed between New York and Providence.”—_Idem._, _note_. [15] “As Captain Lindsey, on this occasion, kept his colors flying, the Gaspee gave chase, and continued it as far as Namquit (now Gaspee) Point. The tide was ebbing, but the bar was covered. As soon as Lindsey doubled the Point, he stood to the westward. Duddington, commander of the Gaspee, eager to overtake the pursued, and ignorant of the extent of the submerged point from the shore, kept on a straight course, and in a few minutes struck the sand. The fast-ebbing tide soon left his vessel hopelessly grounded.”—_Idem._ [16] Namquit, according to Lossing; Nauquit, according to Bancroft. [17] “Lindsey arrived at Providence at sunset, and ... communicated the fact to Mr. John Brown, one of the leading merchants of that city.”—_Lossing’s Pic. Field Book_, v. ii., ch. 3. [18] “At dusk ... Daniel Pearce passed along the Main Street beating a drum, and informing the inhabitants that the Gaspee lay aground, ... that she could not get off until three o’clock, and inviting,” etc.—_Idem._ [19] Brown “ordered the preparation of eight of the largest long-boats in the harbor, to be placed under the general command of Captain Whipple, one of his most trusty ship-masters,” ... “the row-locks to be muffled, and the whole put in readiness at half-past eight at Fenner’s wharf.”—_Idem._ [20] “The principal actors in this affair were John Brown, Capt. Abraham Whipple, John B. Hopkins, Benjamin Dunn, Dr. John Mawney, Benjamin Page, Joseph Bucklin, Turpin Smith, Ephraim Bowen, and Capt. Joseph Tillinghast.”—_Idem._ “Led by John Brown and Joseph Brown of Providence, and Simeon Potter of Bristol.”—_Bancroft’s U. S._, vol. vi., ch. 47. [21] “Filled with sixty-four well-armed men, a sea-captain in each boat acting as a steersman.”—_Lossing’s Pict. Field Book of the Rev._, vol. ii., ch. 3. [22] “They took with them a quantity of wood paving-stone.”—_Idem._ [23] “The boats left Providence between ten and eleven.... Between one and two ... they reached the Gaspee, when a sentinel hailed them.... Duddington appeared, ... and waving the boats off fired a pistol at them. This ... we returned.... Duddington was wounded.”—_Idem._ [24] “The crew retreating below.”—_Idem._ [25] “The schooner’s company were ordered to collect their clothing and leave the vessel.”—_Idem._ [26] “Thomas Bucklin ... fired the musket.”... He afterwards assisted in dressing the wound, supervised by Dr. John Mawney, an American.—_Idem._, note. [27] “All the effects of ... Duddington being carefully placed in one of the American boats.”—_Idem._ [28] “The _Gaspee_ was set on fire, and at dawn blew up.”—_Idem._ [29] “A reward of five hundred dollars for the discovery of the perpetrator of said villainy.”—_Idem._