J.L. Bell explains why it took news of the Battle of Bunker Hill three days longer to reach New York than news of the Battle of Lexington:
The Provincial Congress delayed its report until its committee had a good sense of what had happened and/or could put a good spin on events.
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By Arborway
Sun, 05/05/2013 - 3:56pm
So the news was delivered by a fox, instead. Nobody in New York was willing to believe it until another source verified the message was accurate.
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