"Painted by J. McNevin." "Eng'd by J. Rogers." "Entd. according to act
of Congress in the year 1856 by Virtue, Emmins & Co. in the clerks
office of the dist. court of the southern dist. of New York."-- printed
on border.

On heavy paper - blank on verso.

Overall size : 10 x 7 inches.

In 1772, a Lieutenant William Duddington, of Her Majesty's Ship Gaspee, was
charged with patrolling the waters of Narragansett Bay, off Rhode
Island.

On June 9, 1772, a local vessel out of Newport was under way to
Providence when its captain baited the HMS Gaspee and led Duddington
into shallow waters near Warwick. The Gaspee ran aground at a place that
is now known as Gaspee Point. News of the grounding quickly reached
Providence and a party of fifty-five, led by a man named John Brown,
planned an attack on the ship. The following evening they surrounded and
boarded the Gaspee, wounding Duddington and capturing the entire crew.
All were hauled ashore and abandoned, to watch as the Gaspee was looted
and then burned.On June 9, 1772, a local vessel out of Newport was under way to
Providence when its captain baited the HMS Gaspee and led Duddington
into shallow waters near Warwick. The Gaspee ran aground at a place that
is now known as Gaspee Point. News of the grounding quickly reached
Providence and a party of fifty-five, led by a man named John Brown,
planned an attack on the ship. The following evening they surrounded and
boarded the Gaspee, wounding Duddington and capturing the entire crew.
All were hauled ashore and abandoned, to watch as the Gaspee was looted
and then burned.