John Derby

Arts & Literature April 17, 2015 August 28, 2016

A Fast Ship from Salem: Carrying News of War

by Bob Ruppert

On April 24, General Gage sent his account of the confrontations at Lexington and Concord aboard the 200-ton, cargo-ladened Sukey to Lord Barrington, the…

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