American AcornsThe American Weekly Mercury, No. 192 (15-22 Aug 1723), p. [3] (facsimile vol. 4, printed p. 91): Boston, August 12, the burning of Capt. John Kies's house at Shrewsbury. The Boston item of 12 August says that on the night of Wednesday 7 August the house of Capt. John Kies of Shrewsbury was burnt with three of his sons and two other men; the master workman, one Brege of Ipswich, escaped by jumping out of a window and had two apprentices burnt.
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![The American Weekly Mercury, No. 192 (15-22 Aug 1723), p. [3] (facsimile vol. 4, printed p. 91): Boston, August 12, the burning of Capt. John Kies's house at Shrewsbury. The Boston item of 12 August says that on the night of Wednesday 7 August the house of Capt. John Kies of Shrewsbury was burnt with three of his sons and two other men; the master workman, one Brege of Ipswich, escaped by jumping out of a window and had two apprentices burnt.](/media/ede2112be86c5/display.jpg)
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
(Passage concerning the family only; the rest of the page is not transcribed. Long s printed as ordinary s.)
Boston August 12.
On Wednesday night the seventh of August, The House of Capt. John Kies of Shrewsbury took Fire and was burnt, with three of his Sons and two other Men, the House was finishing, and the Shavings took Fire in the Night when they were a Bed. The Master Workman was one Brege of Ipswich, who escaped by Jumping out of a Window, he had two Apprentices burnt.
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Keep in mind: Confirmed on the page image. The paragraph does not name William Oakes: it is the Philadelphia paper's report of the same fire (Boston dateline 12 Aug 1723) and counts the two apprentices among 'two other Men'. It attributes the fire to shavings; the Boston News-Letter gives no cause. 'Kies' and 'Brege' are as printed. The 'Brege' paragraph is the only part of the page relied on.