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Providence, July 20. : Extract of a letter from Newport, dated July 18, to a gentleman in this town. "On Saturday last, in the afternoon, a small two mast boat, having on board 13 young women, and 5 young men, designing for Conanicut, on a party of pleasure, by some accident overset, by which unfortunate event the following persons were drowned ..."

Title
Providence, July 20. : Extract of a letter from Newport, dated July 18, to a gentleman in this town. "On Saturday last, in the afternoon, a small two mast boat, having on board 13 young women, and 5 young men, designing for Conanicut, on a party of pleasure, by some accident overset, by which unfortunate event the following persons were drowned ..."
Publication
[Providence : s.n., 1782]

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Description
1 sheet ([1] pages); 29 cm
Subject
  • Drowning > Rhode Island
  • Death
  • Boating accidents
  • Yachting injuries
  • Boating injuries
  • Yachting accidents
  • Drowning
  • Newport (R.I.) > History
  • Rhode Island > Newport
  • Rhode Island
Genre/Form
  • Broadsides.
  • History.
Note
  • Photostat.
Indexed In (note)
  • Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography
  • Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800
  • Alden, J.E. Rhode Island
  • English short title catalogue
Call Number
*KVB (1782 July 20) (Providence July 20 extract of a letter)
OCLC
1401699915
Title
Providence, July 20. : Extract of a letter from Newport, dated July 18, to a gentleman in this town. "On Saturday last, in the afternoon, a small two mast boat, having on board 13 young women, and 5 young men, designing for Conanicut, on a party of pleasure, by some accident overset, by which unfortunate event the following persons were drowned ..."
Imprint
[Providence : s.n., 1782]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B5576
Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800, 44250
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 913
English short title catalogue, W34445
Place of Publication
United States Rhode Island Providence.
Research Call Number
*KVB (1782 July 20) (Providence July 20 extract of a letter)
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