This issue, no. 8544, July 22, 1776, features several extracts from letters detailing the events of the Revolution. Notably, there are extracts detailing the British fleet leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia for New York, the aftermath of the New York Campaign and the shipment of 10,000 barrels of gunpowder heading for America for use by “his Majesty’s forces there.” The library also has no. 7247 (Jan. 2, 1769), 7249 (Jan. 7, 1769), 7250 (Jan. 9, 1769), 7256 (Jan. 23, 1769), 7261 (Feb. 4, 1769), 7268 (Feb. 20, 1769), 7349 (Aug. 28, 1769), 7373 (Oct. 23, 1769), 7375 (Oct. 28, 1769), , 8567 (Aug. 21, 1776), 8598 (Oct. 23, 1776), 8599 (Oct. 26, 1776), which includes of the Battle of Long Island, of Sir Peter Parker's repulsion from Charleston, and of Lord Stirling's capture.
