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Historic Pelham Blog Archive
August 17, 2006
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Thursday, August 17, 2006
Captain of British Sloop Scorpion Stationed Off City Island on July 23,
1777 Gave Notice No Flags of Truce Would Be Permitted to Pass
During the early months of the Revolutionary War, British
warship activity in the Long Island Sound off the coast of Pelham was
intense. One British sloop that cruised the waters off the shore of City
Island has His Majesty's Sloop Scorpion. On July 23, 1777, the
captain of that sloop, Philip Brown, issued a notice published in a local
newspaper indicating that by order of Vice Admiral Howe, the Scorpion
would not permit any flags of truce to pass between Connecticut and Long
Island without "Special Licence" of Vice Admiral Howe. The notice stated
as follows:
"Scorpion, (off New City-Island) July 23, 1777.
No Flags of Truce are in Future to pass between the Colony of
Connecticut, and Long Island, without the Special Licence of the General
commanding his Majesty's Forces, nor any Correspondence by Letter, or
otherwise permitted but under the above Restriction. Flags of Truce are to
be confined in future to New York only. Matters regarding the Naval
Department excepted.
By Order of the Viscount Howe, Vice Admiral and Commander in Chief of
his Majesty's Ships in North America
Philip Brown, Captain of his Majesty's Sloop Scorpion."
Source: Scorpion (off New City-Island) July 23, 1777, Continental
Journal, Jul. 23, 1777, p. 3, col. 1.
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