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Photo #: NH 76096

New Providence Raid, March 1776


Front page of the "New-England Chronicle", published at Boston, Massachusetts, on 25 April 1776. It contains a description of the American raid on New Providence, Bahamas, on 3 March 1776 and the subsequent action between the American ships and HMS Glasgow. The American squadron was commanded by Commodore Esek Hopkins.

Courtesy of Frederick S. Hicks, 1968.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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11 December 2002