Privateers and Ships News From the Atlantic Trade Routes
An extract recounts a chase by Alderney and Havre vessels leading to the capture of the French privateer Hirondelle, a 12-gun brig with 70 men. Reports from Vice-Admiral Elphinstone note a captured frigate Vertue, and a near-sinking French force led by La Tortue. Also included are notices on the Snow Mary wreck near Beer and bankruptcy/dividend lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderney
Chace
Vice de Vauville
Eperance
Havre
Murry
Evan' Nepeen
Cliopatra
Weone
I’hirondelle
Bourdeaux
George
Keith Elphinstone
Evan Nepean
Monarch
Crookhaven
Fleet Set To Sail Under Lord Bripfort With Orders To Sea
A fragment reports that wind conditions improved Monday afternoon allowing Lord Bripfort's fleet to prepare to sail at the first opportunity. Detentions were only partial due to tempestuous and contrary winds encountered earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pbblrn
Castle
England
Lord Bripfort
Weasely sloop captures transport near Ireland
An English or allied sloop captured a transport with troops off the Coast of Ireland and brought her into Cork. Reports mention a man of war of 74 guns one cut down and a frigate lost in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Cork
Adams Victory Hurdle in Philadelphia Returns
Letters from Philadelphia dated the 3d show Adams leading Jefferson 79 to 59 as the moderate party and friends of England rally behind Adams. News reports mention a Spanish squadron with 12,000 men heading to America, and a French frigate captured by the Polyphemus in Cork Harbour. Other items note Ireland loan plans, Dublin funds, and political maneuvering in Vermont and South WARE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Adams
Friends of England
Jefferson
Agenant
Ireland
Valio
Dubbin
Penham
Kings Mill
Polyphemus Cayptain
Luisspain
Cork Harbour
Lumsp
Lum Dain
Federal
Ipsa
Takah
Adams Ap
Vermont
India House
Princess Royal
Ceres
Bombay
China
Madras
Dublin
Cadiz
America
Prince of Wales
Star and Garter
Richmond
Royal
Duke of Clarence
Prince Ernest
Hampton Court
Trerney
G. Thellusson
Hocue
Republic
Jourpan
Buona- Parte
Princess of
Oxance
Duke
Duchess of Beaufort
Badminton
Holland
Lower Rhine
Werneck
Kehl
Huninguen
Upper Rhine
Goopatt
St. Kitt’s
Portland
Montsferrat
Naruanrer Taylor
The
Renter
Oober
Taylor
Cunningham
East India Company
St. Helena
Downs
India
Northumberland
Morpeth
Brest fleet speculation stirs debate on naval movements
The piece argues about the fate of the Brest fleet under Admiral Rowley, detailing diversions to Ireland and possibly Halifax. It defends maritime leadership, cites weather as a factor, notes a ship lost near Brest, and questions Administration blame for naval outcomes.
Vessels Taken and Ships Lost in Late Gales Near Ireland
Shipping news lists numerous vessels captured or driven ashore along the Irish coast and Atlantic approaches. Names include the Dorothea Catharina from Baltimore to Bremen, the Ann Collins from Gibraltar to Lisbon, and the Mantel from Weymouth to Lynn. Several ships are reported on shore near Carlingford, Bridport, and elsew here, with crews saved or lost. Privateers and French forces are active, and a Swedish vessel is towed into St Bride's Bay. The column covers further naval movements, port arrivals, and gale damage, along with local sailings from Plymouth and Portsmouth. It notes marriages, deaths, and local market prices amid maritime turbulence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Catharina
Rolf
Baltimore
Bremen
Helgoland Mand
Ann
Collins
Gibraltar
Lisbon
Cee Te Tee
Elizabeth
Peggy
Harris
Mantel
Lake
Weymouth
Lynn
Bridport
St. Bride’s Bay
Brothers
Ball
Cornwall
Naples
Algesiras
William
Maffey
Chester
London
Ireland
Juno
Albion
Johnson
Ipswich
Bristol
Scilly
Neptune
Surinam
Amsterdam
Martinico
Forbes
Liverpool
Betsey
Gibson
Faro
Wye
Hebe
Gardner
Rotterdam
Poole
Sheernfss
the Nore
Yarmouth
Basor
Plover
Cur. Shires
Mediterranean
L'Eclair
Shrrel
Sovereign
Quebec
Jaden
Newfoundaland
Gardiner Matter
Lyme
Jos
Pratt ‘Matter
Newfoundland
Dempster
Plymouth
Santa Margaretta
Orestes
Cove
Core
His
Apolto
Manuzy
Apollo
Polyphemus
Manly
Cape Clear
Arrgate
oDhelyphenus
Edness Amies
Downs
Simm
Demerara
Portmouth
Spooner
Wilson
Thompson
Kitchen
Jamaica
John
Béeaufoy
Cork
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lumidaine
Apts
New-York
Thomas Hutton
Ostend
Beer
Devon
Evan Norgan
Philip Addington
Hereford
Haberdasher
Guildhall
Holgton
Strand
Withington
Stockport
Cheshire
Starinn
Manchester
Wimz Green
Westhoughton
Larcashire
Statian Manufacts Furrender
Spencer’s
N. Taylor
Hythe
Southampton
Wm. Flowell
J. Seysy
John Penn
Chepfow
Monmouth
T. Toms
T. Scaristrick
G. Gumbrell
Wallington
Surry
Carperiter
Postscript
Ole
Brest
PLEET
Riewery
Fairfax
Halifax
Cotroys
S. W
Corpoys
Lord Baiprort
iMay
Askea
Portsmouth
Pegasus
DonaLpson
Rién
Lord Bripport
York
Swiftforce
CotPoys
France
Queen Charlotte
Lrimpetueux Cleépatra
Plymoutes
His Majesty
J. B. Warren
Penguin
Capt
PulLine
Artois
E. Nasce
Mangere Moelk
Johannes Rye
Alleant
Christiana
Weindler
Hameaze
Wiraan
Drals Jansto
Pacific
Kennedy
Charleston
Harpy
Argo
Fanny
Beckfield
Adventure
Bailes Dale
Townsend
West Indies
Hope
Mary
Eurydice
Newcattle Upon Tyne
John Joseph Atherton
Walton Hall
Lancaster
Adt
Lancashire
Light Dragoons
Mitford
Bertram Mitford
Mitford Castle
Hatton Garden
St. Bartholomew's
Royal Exchange
Edw
Auger
Eastbourn
Sussex
Marianne Hart
Uckfield
Swithland
Leicestershire
Thomas
Embley
City of
Bath
St. George’s
Hanover Square
W. J. Campion
H. C. Campion
Danny
Miss Austen
Francis Motley Austen
Sevenoaks
Kent
Hammersmith
Morgan Jones
Laft
Sophia Gainier
Conway-street
Fitzroy-square
John-street
Bedford-row
Amy Filmer
Sir John Filmer
Air-Street
Piccadilly
Edward Mason
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Portland-place
Huntrell
Thomas Ffunt
Ewell
AIA Ts Ta
C. Red
J. "Walter
Blackfriars
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!