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Privateers Brighten Privateer Gains Off English Coast
A Bristol warship returns rumored to have taken two Spanish prizes while merchants fear continued privateering from St Sebastian. Capt. Wilson and Chief Mate Wallis escape confinement after being captured by a French privateer. Baltick Merchant and others suffer losses with brutal treatment. Reports detail guards, plunder, and the murder of Colonel Braithwaite aboard a Baltic voyage, while French crews press for further raids on English shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundy
Bristol
Philadelphia
Cuba
Pensylvania
Magjetty
Wilson
Richard Wallis
St. Sebastian
Bayonne
France
Nathaniel Halloway
Scilly
Braithwaite
England
Clapp
Halloway
Clapt
Capt. Wilson
Eir
Monastry
Spain
Pas Sage
Amsterdam
Lysme
Finny
Bourdeaux, &c
Barrick
Grattan Planchard
Cowes
Carolina
Meerly
Webb
New England