Liberty gun brig carries dispatches to vice admiral Sterling
Kineston Jamaica Sept 21. His majesty's gun brig Liberty from Barbadoes and the Saints in seven days with despatches for vice admiral Sterling. Another sloop of war had arrived from England with the British declaration of war against America. The dispatches are said to relate to American affairs and propose that hostilities may end if America recalls privateers and acts justly.
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Kineston
His
Liberty
Guise
Barbadoes
the Saints
Sterling
England
America
Barbados
Francis Laforey
Markets Report from England and Liverpool Grain Fall
Extract from New York letter to a mercantile house dated 30th alt notes The Pacific arrived yesterday in 50 days from Liverpool. Markets very low with grain prices down fifty percent Wheat from 25s to 148.6c The French have obtained a signal victory over the Russians, expected to influence Bonaparte’s dictatorship.
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New York
Pacific
Liverpool
Bonaparte
British Bill Makes Aiding Escape Of POW a Death Penalty
A fragment notes a proposed British bill to execute those aiding a prisoner of war to escape. It cites French General Sarrazin who escaped France years ago and claims he conducted secret talks with British ministers promising a pension, now alleging they cheated him.
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Tat
Aurora
Sarrazin
France
London
Baron SimeschEn
Brisish
Drave
Aida Flournoy
Harford Montgomery
Miscellaneous War Era Dispatches and Notable Anecdotes
Reports detail a French officer's treasonous link with Britain, and plans to raise French desertion units for England in Spain. Queen Victoria is depicted amid reviews, while British Packets and captives surface in port. Sir George Staunton recalls Keaung Long's physician pay and a Chinese health system. Plattsburgh orders, cartridges, and marching prep appear in a rapid miscellany.
War News from Niagara and European Fronts in 1842 Chronicle
Dispatches detail Smyth's army at Black Rock and Buffalo preparing to cross Niagara at Fort Erie, Harrison's 14 000 men near Detroit, Dearborn wintering near Lake Champlain, and Pinkney and forces moving toward Florida. Reports critique Bonaparte’s European aims, note Polish hopes, and recount a Savannah letter on a British frigate. Obituaries for Mrs. Sarah Bird and Hezekiah Beal Esqr.
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