Brestreport on naval expedition under Rear Admiral Gantheaume
The Jas post notes the division under Rear Admiral Gantheaume receiving orders to sail southward. At 6 pm they departed and by midnight began the voyage, aided by a favorable breeze. Fourteen English ships were reported nearby. the expedition lists include Invincible, Formidable, Indomptable, Desaix, Jean Bart, Dix-août, Constitution, Creole, Brayoure, Vauteaur, General Schuguet, and Escallier. Destination remains undisclosed.
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Brest
Fanuary
Jas
Gantheaume
Linois
la Constitution
le Creole
la Brayoure
la Vauteaur
General Schuguet
L’escallier
L'Invincible
French squadron misreported capturing West India convoy
London reports that a French squadron at sea may not have captured West India merchantmen. A Bristol letter suggests 15 ships of the convoy were taken by the La Mouche privateer, but the claim is disputed. The piece notes insurance on fips detained in Russia and discusses trade with Russia Denmark Sweden and Norway. It also questions Egypt as a destination for the Brest squadron, proposing St Domingo as more likely under Admiral Gantheaume.
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London
West India
Fearon
Bristol
T Lanes
Finlay
Martinique
la Mouche
Madeira
Duke of Kent
Ireland
Russia
Gantheaume
Brest
Egypt
Lord Nelson
Thisquadron
St.Domingo
Adm. Gantheaume
Sahoguet d’Foagnac
Kicner
St. Domingo
Plymouth
Earl St. Vincent
Cawfand Bay
Channel
Eets
France
Buonaparte
Moreau
Garnet
Invasion fears and naval movements amid European tensions
Reports from the era describe British and allied fleets deploying to sea to confront French actions in Egypt and the Mediterranean. Dispatches note armament changes, anticipated French advances from St Malo to Cherbourg, and British landings in Syria to aid the Turks.
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Jerry
Guernsey
St. Malo
Granville
Cherbourg
Owever
Light
la Hogue
Hamburg
Ralph Abercrombie
Syria
Egypt
Luneville
Vienna
Italy
Tragic Stratford Duck Hunt Accident Claims Mother
In Stratford on Friday a son of Mr. David Curtis shot a duck and, returning to show it, triggered his loaded gun as he passed through a door. The blast struck his mother in the breast, and she died instantly. Remarkably, the same gun had caused a pageant death about twenty two years earlier.
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Bridgport
Con
Stratford
David Curtis
Reen 24 Days from Martinico Backlash at Sea Patrol
Captain Bramham reports 24 days from Martinico with his crew ashore at night. Two men seized a boat. Browne of New Haven swam for the water and was fired upon. It is unclear if he was killed or drowned as he vanished from sight. The boat crew were detained by the guard and released the next morning.
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Bramham
Appointment notices from Philadelphia in 1780s era
Philadelphia dispatch reports that General La Fayette will leave the United States in the summer as minister from France. Senator Charles Pin of South Carolina is named minister plenipotentiary to Spain. Mr Binckgeey is to proceed in the same diplomatic exchange toward Paris and The Hague.
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Philadelphia
la Fayette
France
United States
Charles Pin
South Carolina
Spain
Binckgeey
Hapate
Hago
Paris
Movements Reported in Portugal by French and Spanish Armies
Information carried by officials aboard the French frigate Semillante indicates divisions of the French and Spanish armies advanced toward Portugal and reportedly entered the kingdom toward the end of January. Me. Graham, a western states secretary to the regation, is to meet in Madrid.
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Madrid
Graham
Regation
Semillante
Portugal
Baltimore population boom 1791 to 1801 nearly triples
Baltimore's 1791 population 11 934 grows to 26 514 by 1801, exclusive of outer precincts with over 5 000 residents. The piece argues no foreign tutelage or domestic manipulation explains the rapid growth, praising local enterprise and republican governance.
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Denmark
Sweden
Norway
New-Haven
Baltimore
C. DU Pre
Georgetown
Savage-Smith &Co
Thomas Batchellor
Williamsburgh
King’s Tree
Joseph Lefeune
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