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	AllRefer.com - Gaspee (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		Her commander, Lieutenant Dudingston, provoked the navigators of the bay further by the manner in which he carried out his duties.
		On June 9, 1772, the Gaspee was lured aground c.7 mi (11 km) S of Providence while giving chase to a suspect.
		They boarded the Gaspee, wounded the commander, captured the crew, and then burned the vessel at the water's edge.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Gaspee.html (262 words)

	RI-Revolution: the Gaspee Affair
		He expected that the Gaspee would catch sight of him and that he would very probably be stopped and his cargo searched, but he made up his mind not to allow this if he could help it.
		In the hopes of overtaking her the Gaspee tried a short cut across the shallow place, but the water was even shallower than her Commander had thought, and to the rage of the Commander and Crew, she went aground.
		It was soon quite evident that her chance to catch the packet was gone and that she would have to stay where she was until high tide, and that would not be until 3 o'clock next morning.
	gaspee.org /Haley.html (1339 words)

	The Gaspee Affair of 1772
		In 1772, the two-masted schooner H.M.S. Gaspee, under the command of the stern Lieutenant William Dudingston, was transferred from Pennsylvania to New England in order to stem the tide of illegal trade.
		Shortly thereafter, the Rhode Islanders rushed the decks of the Gaspee and, in the melee, Dudingston was struck by a musket ball in the arm and fell to the deck.
		Joseph Bucklin, the man who shot Col. Dudingston on the deck of the Gaspee (thus staking claim to firing the first shot of the Revolution) was lost at sea in 1781, with no record of public achievements.
	www.warwickri.gov /gaspee.htm (1020 words)

	Chronology03
		In March of 1772 the Gaspee, a British armed schooner appeared in the waters of Narraganset Bay.
		The Gaspee fired upon the Hannah and attempted to force her to halt and give an account of her intended purpose in sailing from Newport's harbor.
		The Gaspee was not so lucky and became hopelessly grounded on the bar.
	www.motherbedford.com /Chronology03.htm (3375 words)

	Gaspee American War Attack on English 1772 History Research
		When the Rhode Island colonists supported the Gaspee participants, and resisted the English attempt to punish those who attacked the English navy's ship, the Gaspee Affair could be nothing other that the beginning of the end of a colonial status, and the beginning of the Revolution.
		This Gaspee area of the web site is extensive (over 50 pages of information that bear on the Gaspee Affair, and growing every three months!).
		Understanding the Gaspee events involves historians in the social, economic, and legal thought of colonial Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
	www.bucklinsociety.net /GASPEE_HISTORY.htm (553 words)

	Leslie-The Gaspee Affair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The responsibility for the government's action in the Gaspee affair is recognized as the ministry's but, it is asserted, whether it is the king, ministry, or parliament none has the right to take any action because the "laws of America only are broke" and not any of the laws of England.
		Their discussions produced constitutional formulae which were a very long step toward the creation of a federal system because there was evolved through argument the first prerequisite to such a system, namely, the theory of two mutually exclusive legal and jurisdictional spheres encompassing the same area.
		It seems that the Gaspee did not have aboard her regular pilot, one Daggett, who at the time of the Gaspee's ill-fated run was on board the Beaver sloop of war in Newport harbor.
	gsp.0catch.com /Leslie.htm (6126 words)

	Affair of the Gaspee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The artifice succeeded; the Gaspee presently stuck fast, and the packet proceeded in triumph to Providence, where a strong sensation was excited by the tidings of the occurrence, and a project was hastily formed to improve the blow and destroy the obnoxious vessel.
		At two o'clock the next morning (June 10), they boarded the Gaspee so suddenly and in such numbers, that her crew were instantly overpowered, without hurt to anyone except her commanding officer, who was wounded.
		The issue of this daring act of war against the naval force of the king was as remarkable as the enterprise itself.
	www.generalatomic.com /AmericanHistory/gaspee.html (230 words)

	Gaspee Days (Community Roots: Local Legacies, Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		After Capt. Lindsay alerted officials in Providence to the Gaspee's misfortune, the colony's leading citizens were called to a meeting at Sabin's Tavern on Planet Street in Providence to decide on a course of action.
		The burning of the Gaspee was the first step toward the formation of the Committees of Correspondence, the convening of the Continental Congress, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
		In 1965, the Gaspee Days Committee was formed to find appropriate ways to commemmorate these 64 brave Rhode Islanders' inaugural blow for freedom and to educate the general public about the importance of the buring of the HMS Gaspee in the fight for American independence.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /cocoon/legacies/ri.html (495 words)

	Staples: Destruction of the Gaspee
		I told him whom she was commanded by and belonged to, and my being there at the time, and said, it would not have happened had the officer come near the Gaspee, which was his duty, with more on the subject too trivial for you to hear.
		It, therefore, became my indispensable duty, in order to satisfy the complaints, to demand of the commanding officer of said schooner, the reason of his thus acting, and whether he was vested with such power as would justify his proceedings, which produced my letter to him of the 22d of March.
		Some exceptions are taken at the Gaspee's being called his Majesty's schooner, as it is thought by some she, in fact, really was not, and consequently did not deserve that appellation.
	gaspee.org /StaplesGaspee.htm (12512 words)

	Tribune Building - Stones
		The rock from Gaspee Point is on the wall because this is America and it was the true first strike of the American Revolution.
		The Sons of Liberty borded the HMS Gaspee, which was commanded by Lieutenant William Duddington.
		The Gaspee was then boarded and attacked by fifty-five men led by John Brown.
	www.op97.k12.il.us /julian/tribrocks/rocks/023 (134 words)

	Gaspee Burning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		When his swift patrol ship, the revenue cutter Gaspee, succeeded in catching one of the smugglers, and the victim's goods were sold after court action, Lieutenant Dudingston got a handsome share of the proceeds.
		The investigation accomplished nothing, besides persuading many Americans, by the severity of its language, that England was determined to put a noose around the neck of all who believed in freedom.
		The Gaspee assault was but a prelude to many other battles, including the one on April 19, 1775, at Concord and Lexington which is generally treated as the opening engagement of the American Revolution.
	sachighxray.com /history8/gaspee_burning.htm (640 words)

	The Sabin Tavern
		During their occupancy of the house, the room wherein the 'Gaspee' party met was used as a dining room, and there, on the wall, hung, for many years, an account of the affair, prepared by Colonel Ephraim Bowen, the last survivor of the party, and engrossed by the hand of his daughter.
		Before the "Sabin Tavern" was demolished in 1891, Mary Arnold Talbot (the granddaughter of Welcome Arnold and aka Mrs.William Richmond Talbot) bought the the South-East part of the old tavern, which was detached, moved, and reattached to the northeast corner of her house at 209 Williams Street in Providence.
		In 1961, the Gaspee Building, a large old structure that had been built c1891 on the site of the original tavern at the South Main Street and Planets Street was being demolished when beneath the rubble the wreckers discovered parts of the old Sabin Tavern.
	gaspee.com /SabinTavern.htm (1194 words)

	Gaspee Virtual Archives
		The Gaspee Virtual Archives primarily serves as a repository of information regarding the Gaspee Affair, using both collected information found elsewhere, and as a think tank of new information.
		Destruction of the Gaspee -- by William R. Staples.
		The Gaspee seal, a two-masted schooner within a circle of 13 stars with 1772 at the bottom, and the motto, America's "First Blow for Freedom" are both registered trademarks of the Gaspee Days Committee, all rights reserved.
	www.gaspee.org (1641 words)

	Gaspee Fire Home Page
		The Gaspee Fire franchise is a member of the United States Retro League and has been since the 1961 season.
		On June 9,1772 while the Gaspee was chasing a colonists' boat for refusing to salute, it ran aground on a sand bar off Namquid Point (Warwick,RI).
		Speculation is that the Gaspee was tricked into pursuing the ship for the purpose of the attack.
	kcobraves.tripod.com /gashome.html (682 words)

	The Burning of the H.M.S. Gaspee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		As a fervent, vocal opponent of the Stamp Act, he had emerged as a leader of colonists who openly opposed "taxation without representation." Brown's plan was to lure the Gaspee into shallow waters, run it aground, and then board and burn it.
		Suddenly, it found itself the hunted, not the hunter, and was boarded, captured, and burned to the water's edge while crowds in nearby Providence gathered on the wharf to cheer.
		The Gaspee incident was one of many that caused friction between the colonists and British government on the eve of the American Revolution.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/GASPEE.HTM (661 words)

	The Gaspee Affair
		A Lieutenant William Duddington, of Her Majesties Ship Gaspee, was charged with patrolling the waters of Narragansett Bay, off Rhode Island.
		All were hauled ashore and abandoned, to watch as the Gaspee was looted and then burned.
		A special commission, under the authority of the vice-admiralty courts, was sent to apprehend the perpetrators of the Gaspee affair, and to haul them back to England for trial.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/gaspee.htm (389 words)

	Which Bucklin?
		Shortly before the June, 1772, attack on the Gaspee, the brigantine Providence again was seized by the English ship Beaver, commanded by Capt. Linzee.
		This means that of the four "companions" identified by Bowen (himself 19 years old) as "my youthful companions", we know that three of the four were in the age range of 18 to 22.
		He would have been available for the early parades in which members of the attacking Gaspee raiders were honored, but was not so honored.
	www.bucklinsociety.net /who_was_bucklin.htm (2618 words)

	Joseph Bucklin Society,American Revolution,Colonial History,Bucklin Family genealogy,Gaspee.
		The Rhode Island attack on the English Navy ship Gaspee was a significant event in American Colonial Revolutionary War history.
		Rhode Island and the Joseph Bucklin Society celebrate Joseph Bucklin's shot in the Gaspee Affair as the actual first shot of the Revolution.
		The Gaspee Affair was legally declared in England as the first act of war and treason, and was the first deliberate shooting an English military person.
	www.bucklinsociety.net (663 words)

	Sabin Tavern Door
		The old tavern was then moved to 209 Williams Street and added to a larger house, then the home of the Gaspee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
		When the Tavern was uncovered in 1970, a Warwick resident salvaged the original door and gave it to the Gaspee Day Committee.
		In 1988, the Gaspee Day Committee voted to let the Pawtuxet Rangers keep the old door in their headquarters, the old Masonic Hall at the corner of Remington and Bank Streets, Warwick.
	www.gaspee.org /SabinDoor.html (237 words)

	Gaspee Affair
		The British revenue cutter Gaspee had served in American waters since 1764 and early on had drawn resentment by impressing a number of American colonists.
		This uneasy situation became worse in 1772 when the ship was under the command of Lieutenant William Dudingston and was assigned to the New England coast in a crackdown on smuggling.
		When all crewmen were removed, the Gaspee was set aflame and over the next few hours burned to the waterline.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1260.html (665 words)

	Mayor's Message to the Seniors of Warwick
		For many Warwick residents, however, Gaspee Days – a two-month long series of events celebrating the “First Blow for Freedom” – on May 5 kicked off the series of local summertime festivities, all sponsored by local non-profit groups and/or the City of Warwick.
		The hard-working members of the Gaspee Days Committee are making sure that this year’s celebration – the 40 th annual – is the most memorable yet.
		On May 5, Gaspee Days officially began with the annual State Proclamation Ceremony, held in the rotunda of the State House.
	www.warwickri.gov /seniors/mayorsmessage.htm (551 words)

	Gaspee Days Parade in Warwick, Rhode Island
		Among the very early cases of violent resistance leading up to the Revolutionary war was the burning of H.M.S. Gaspee and the shooting of her captain by the colonists, on June 9, 1772.
		John writes that the committee is unanimously in favor of inviting both the Whipples and Bucklins to the Gaspee Parade this year.
		The Gaspee Days committee will help coordinate your trip for you, but the hotel and travel expenses will be your own.
	www.whipple.org /gaspeedays.html (342 words)

	USGenWeb Rhode Island Articles, Page 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		That the reason he went off the island, was to carry the boat round to the east side of said island, to carry a man named Samuel Faulkner, a hired man, to Bristol the next night; and that this young man told the deponent, that he would ask his master’s leave, for that purpose.
		I suppose he was told to relate this circumstance, that some of the Gaspee’s people might, with the greater appearance of truth, swear to his being on board the schooner that night.
		The day after the Gaspee was destroyed, I examined several of her people, viz.: Bartholomew Cheever, John Johnson, William J. Caple, Joseph Bowman, Patrick Whaler, Patrick Earle and Patrick Reynolds; who, although the questions and answers were not set down in writing, yet I can depose that they were put verbally.
	www.rootsweb.com /~rigenweb/article8.html (1987 words)

	The Burning of the HMS Gaspee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The attack on the Gaspee by RI patriots in 1772 was the first armed conflict leading to the American Revolution.
		The leader of the Gaspee attack was Abraham Whipple, a founding father of the US Navy.
		Of interest is the fact that the musket ball fired by the Rhode Islander Joseph Bucklin that gravely wounded the captain of the Gaspee is acknowledged by many to be the cause of the first firearm-related British casualty of the Revolution.
	www.nuwc.navy.mil /hq/history/gaspee.html (160 words)

	NOAA Ocean Explorer: Quest for the Gaspee Exploration
		These include the infamous HMS Gaspee and at least 12 other British warships, 16 British merchant ships, and an unknown number of late 18th-century American merchantmen, warships, and fishing vessels.
		The Gaspee is one of the few British warships to appear in virtually every general American history textbook.
		Discovering the Gaspee would be a major archaeological find and would carry considerable iconic importance.
	oceanexplorer.noaa.gov /explorations/03gaspee/welcome.html (377 words)

	Cronaca: Gaspee reward poster at auction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The hated revenue schooner was burned off the coast of Warwick in a clandestine raid by rebel colonists.
		Only one is expected to fetch more money than the Gaspee reward flier, which is estimated to draw $20,000 to $30,000.
		The Swann catalog entry (lot 388) is here; more on the Gaspee here and here.
	www.cronaca.com /archives/002888.html (270 words)

	Gaspee Days Parade Pix :Site 2
		This is website 2 of 4 to display random photographs of the 2003 Gaspee Days Parade held on Saturday, June 14, 2003.
		There is also an excellent slide show on the 2003 Gaspee Days Parade available by following this link to Site 3 and Site 4.
		We also retain the photo index of the 2002 Gaspee days Parade, here in Groups S through Z.
	gaspeepix.8k.com (185 words)

	The Power of Words.
		Peter May, 1 of 19 sailors aboard the schooner, recalled in a deposition "that she lay so dry that (we) walked round her and scraped her bottom." May, like many of the enlisted sailors, was illiterate, and signed his deposition not with his name but with his "mark" of a crooked cross.
		Aaron was stripped and tied to the mast; before the lash fell, a sailor who had served on the Gaspee "jumped up" and told the captain that the Negro had been with the raiding party the night the Gaspee was burned.
		The servants swore that on the night the Gaspee burned, Aaron slept in the same bed with them; he rose early and "to his usual custom" brought the cows into the yard to be milked.
	www.projo.com /words/st011002.htm (5292 words)

	Gaspee Days
		The Americans were tired of the unfairness of King George III, who placed taxes on everything from glass to stamps to tea.
		When the American vessel Hannah refused to lower its flag, the Gaspee chased it and the captain of the Hannah deliberately lured the Gaspee across shallow waters and left the British ship stranded on a sandbar, unable to move.
		Late that night, 64 Rhode Islanders rowed out to the Gaspee, boarded the ship, took the crew prisoners, shot Dudingston, and set the vessel on fire.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ri/gaspee_1 (245 words)

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