Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Rhode Island in the Colonial Wars: A List of Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors in King George's War, 1740 1748
The War of the Austrian Succession having broken out between England and Spain, the General Assembly of Rhode Island met in February, 1639-40 and made provision for putting the Colony in a state of defence. Rhode Island also sent two companies of volum teers under Capt. Hopkins in the unsuccessful expedition against Cartagena in 1740.
France entered the War in 1744 and the defences of the colony were on that account still further strengthened. A force of 150 men was raised in 1745 for Shirley's expedition against Louisbourg, but the Rhode Island contingent did not arrive until after that fortress had surrendered.* In the following year Rhode Island sent three more companies to Nova Scotia under Captains Sayer, Rice, and Cole.
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