The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser, May 20, 1779; printed and sold by John Dunlap. Some discoloration and paper loss to margin on page one, no text lost. Nantucket gentlemen claimed goods that were taken from them by the Royal Refugees; claim denied by General Prescot. Brigadier General Silliman and his son taken from General’s house in Fairfield by Tories from Long-Island. [One night in May 1779, nine Tories crossed the sound in a whale boat from Lloyd's Neck. One of the Tories had been previously employed by Silliman as a carpenter, so he knew the house well. Eight of the men forced their way into the house at midnight and took the general and his adult son. They were taken to Oyster Bay, New York, and finally to Flatbush. They were later exchanged]. Considerable body of the enemy landed in Bergen County, [NJ]. Court martial of Mr. Zedwitz of New York, who attempted to give information to the enemy when the British army took possession of New York. Report of skirmish at “Closter Landing” [Bergen County, NJ].
