FOOTNOTES
[1] She first appeared in ... Narraganset Bay in March, 1772, ... to prevent infraction of the revenue laws, and to put a stop to ... illicit trade.—Lossing’s Pic. Field Book of the Rev., vol. ii., ch. 3, p. 60.
[2] See “Our First Break with the British,” notes 5, 19, 20, 24.
[3] “Often fired ... to compel their masters to take down their colors in its presence—a haughty marine Gesler.”—Idem., p. 61.
[4] “Plundered the islands of sheep and hogs, cut down trees, fired at market boats, detained vessels without any colorable pretext, and made illegal seizures of goods of which the recovery cost more than they were worth.”—Bancroft’s Hist. U. S., vol. vi., ch. 47, p. 417.
[5] “The Governor, ... sent a sheriff on board the Gaspee.”—Idem.
[6] See Idem., vol. iv., ch. 8. Also “Our First Break with the British,” Note 19.
[7] “Hopkins, the Chief Justice, ... gave the opinion that any person who should ... exercise any authority by force of arms without showing his commission to the governor ... guilty of a trespass if not piracy.”—Idem., vol. vi., ch. 47, p. 416. “The governor, therefore, sent ... to ascertain by what orders the lieutenant acted; and Duddington referred the subject to the admiral.”—Idem.
[8] See “Our First Break with the British,” Note 20.
[9] “As sure as the people of Newport attempt to rescue any vessel, ... I will hang them as pirates.”—Idem., p. 417.