[10] “The Admiral answered from Boston: ‘The lieutenant, sir, has done his duty.’”—Idem., p. 416.
[11] “Your two insolent letters.”—Lossing’s Pic. Field Book, vol. ii., ch. 3.
[12] “I would advise you not to send your sheriff on board the king’s ship again on such ridiculous errands.”—Idem.
[13] “I shall transmit your letter to the Secretary of State.... I will send the sheriff of this colony at any time, and to any place within the body of it, as I shall think fit.”—Idem.
[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.