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August 22, 1775: HMS Scarborough Leaves Portsmouth

August 22, 1775: HMS Scarborough Leaves Portsmouth

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August 22, 20252m 32s

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Cover art for August 22, 1775: the HMS Scarborough

Things were heating up all over, but it was still especially prevalent in the northeast. This time around, problems are cropping up in New Hampshire.

The HMS Scarborough was designated to keep the peace by patrolling the mouth of the Piscataqua River, but when relations broke down between the British and the colonists there (and with good reason), when the ship ran out of supplies they had to re-locate. So naturally they headed to…um, Boston.

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