Re-printed from the New Hampshire Gazette
April 19, 1771

Newport, Rhode Island – March 11, 1771: We are informed, that one day last week, 3 or 4 small boats from Warren, went up Providence River to catch Oysters, which the Providence people resenting, between thirty and forty persons went down in a fleet of boats and attacked the oystermen, upon which a smart engagement ensued;  and it was with great difficulty that the Providence people beat the others from the banks, though they were 3 or 4 times the number of the oystermen.  A little blood was spilt on this occasion.  Some think the Providence people have been as arbitrary in this matter as they were in the affair of the turkeys some time past; and it is doubted which way this case will turn in the law, by which it will be most likely be tried.

[..affair of the turkeys?..]