[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.