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    “We Beg Your Order About The Delivery Of 'Em" - Bridgett Phillips' Escape From Newburyp

    “We Beg Your Order About The Delivery Of 'Em" - Bridgett Phillips' Escape From Newburyp

    While preparing a timeline of important events in Newburyport's history for our friends at Revolution 250, we came across an interesting account of Bridget Phillips, wife of British officer “Captain Phillips”. The nerds are still trying to identify exactly who Captain Phillips was. All we know is that he was an officer who served under General Gage during the Siege of Boston. It appears that Mrs. Phillips was en route from Ireland to join her husband in Boston when fighting b
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