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fleet. Dissatisfied with their pace of action, Grey landed small contingents of troops on September 12 to accelerate the process and to destroy vessels found in the area. By the 14th, he had received all 10,000 sheep and 300 oxen, as well as local militia weapons and £950 intended as a tax payment for the
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to make repairs. By then, General Sullivan had already begun siege operations against Newport without French assistance, which prompted Clinton to order Grey's force to sail for Newport on August 26, and Clinton accompanied the force. It made slow progress, however, due to contrary winds, arriving in
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were destroyed, along with goods and naval stores. Estimates of the damage done there and at Fairhaven ranged from £20,000 to nearly £100,000, the most costly damage was to ships and goods. The residents of Martha's Vineyard petitioned for compensation of over £10,000 due to the losses incurred in
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to see what the British wanted, and Grey made his demands: he wanted the militia's weapons, any public funds, 300 oxen, and 10,000 sheep. He threatened to land his troops and seize these items if they were not delivered up. After two days, the islanders had driven 6,000 sheep and 130 oxen to Grey's
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diverted Grey's troops to carry out raids instead. On September 5 and 6, Grey raided New Bedford and Fairhaven, encountering significant resistance only in Fairhaven. His troops destroyed storehouses, shipping, and supplies in New Bedford, where they met with light resistance from the local militia;
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A man was sent to New York to receive payment for the stock, but Grey had forgotten that he had ever stopped at Martha's Vineyard. Colonel Beriah Norton made two special trips to London for the same purpose, and at one time he was given a hearing in Parliament. Very little was accomplished in these
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It must seem to the reader that this Colonel Beriah Norton was a traitor to his own people, but what could he do but give in to Grey's command! Grey had the force and the power and could have destroyed the towns on the island in half a day, and would have done so if they had resisted in any way. In
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September 10, 1778, General Grey in command of a transport of eighty-two sails and ten thousand British troops made a raid upon the Vineyard, carrying off all the sheep, swine, cattle and oxen that could be found. To oppose this wholesale spoliation the "Islanders" had no power so they submitted in
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Elihu never financially recovered from the raid and died poor, he lived at the house all the way until his death in 1794. Fixing the damage to the town from the raid cost £105,960 in 1778. Which is roughly equivalent to nine million dollars in todays money. In honor of Elihu, and to commemorate his
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out of the village in September 1778. The three men led the British to the village, and the raiding party focused on Akin’s properties. The raiders targeted Akin specifically as an act of revenge for his expulsion of the Loyalists from Dartmouth. After the raid, Akin moved to his only remaining
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they damaged fewer American holds at Fairhaven where militia resistance had additional time to organize. He then sailed for Martha's Vineyard, which was undefended. Between September 10 and 15, its residents surrendered 10,000 head of sheep and 300 oxen, as well as most of the island's weapons.
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toward New Bedford and Fairhaven. That evening, Grey landed his troops at Clark's Point on the west bank of the river. They spent the night and the next morning destroying vessels, warehouses, and wharves "in the whole Extent of the Accushnet River". Many of the ships destroyed were
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sailed from New York to oppose d'Estaing. D'Estaing sailed out of Newport's harbor on August 10, preparing to do battle with Howe. As the fleets maneuvered for position, a storm arose that scattered and damaged both fleets. D'Estaing then decided to abandon Newport and sailed for
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Rather than disembark Grey's troops at Newport, Clinton decided to pursue other objectives. His orders issued in March 1778 included instructions to raid coastal communities, destroying shipbuilding facilities and supplies. Subsequently, he ordered the fleet to sail to
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Grey's report on the expedition lists one man killed, four wounded, and sixteen missing. He reported that the defenders had four men killed; he also took sixteen prisoners in New Bedford to exchange for his missing. The raid was followed by others (not led by Grey):
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sullen and despairing silence, at times even assisting to drive away the captured flocks, hoping thereby to prevent still greater waste and outrage. A very good idea of this period is given in the diary of Colonel Beriah Norton, which reads as follows:
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operating out of the two towns. The raiding parties set fire to many ships, and the resulting conflagration also destroyed homes and houses of worship and was bright enough to be seen in Newport, some 20 miles (32 km) away.
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to New York to request transports for livestock, then set sail for Martha's Vineyard. Contrary winds slowed the fleet's progress, and it did not reach the harbor at
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the diary, September 12th and 13th are omitted. Those were the days when the British troops were ravaging the island from Edgartown to Gay Head.
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arrived in Buzzard's Bay that afternoon but managed to strike rocks—twice; however, neither incident was serious, and the fleet proceeded up the
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would be too shallow for his largest ships to cross. He then sailed instead for Newport, where he and General
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A 38-man artillery garrison was manning a small fort on the Fairhaven side of the river (today known as
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Newport on September 1, and the Americans had already retreated from the island after the inconclusive
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earlier shipbuilding, the village of Padanaram was called Akin’s Wharf for 20 years after the war.
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vessels that used Newport as a base. This situation changed in 1778, following the entry of
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in July 1778 but found the port well-defended, and d'Estaing further believed that its
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were not strong enough to dislodge the garrison there, which was also supported by
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Grey's force was originally intended as a relief force for the British garrison at
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Henry Franklin Norton provides an account of Grey's raid on Martha's Vineyard in
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against the British. The French sent a fleet under the command of French Admiral
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In New Bedford eleven houses, 21 shops, 34 ships of various size, and one
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to provide troops and naval support. The fleet arrived off the coast of
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During the raid, a British raiding party also entered the village of
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Sir Charles Grey, First Earl Grey: Royal Soldier, Family Patriarch
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The fort at the mouth of the Acushnet River was rebuilt and named
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A 1778 map annotated to show the expedition's general route:
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shore. In 1781 a raiding expedition led by turncoat General
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to prepare for transport to Rhode Island, while Admiral Lord
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and focused on acquiring livestock on Martha's Vineyard.
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in October 1778, and two in 1779 against communities on
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into the war, when the French and Americans agreed to
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Index

American Revolutionary War

New Bedford
Fairhaven
Martha's Vineyard
Great Britain
United States
Charles Grey
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Northern coastal theater
Ridgefield
Sag Harbor
2nd Machias
Setauket
Mount Hope Bay
Newport
Grey's raid
Chestnut Neck
Little Egg Harbor
Tryon's raid
Norwalk
Fairfield
Penobscot Expedition
Cape Split
Fort St. George
Annapolis Royal
Cape Ann
Groton Heights

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