Concord Ship from Lisbon Skirmish Leaves Crew Fatalities
Late last evening the 36 gun HMS Concord, Captain Barten, arrived at Plymouth from Lisbon. En route to England she engaged a French line of battle fleet and frigates, suffering 14 killed and 15 wounded as damage limited her escape by running. She proceeds to refit.
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Plymouth
Concord
Barten
Lisbon
London
England
Cape Finnisterrey
Chace
Hamaoze
Pretender driven from Mittau amid European tensions
New York reports the pretender has fallen out of favor with Emperor Paul and retreated from Mittau towards Memel, with plans to Edinburgh on a pension of 00,000 roubles. A Russian army may march to Turkish frontiers as Britain and France face naval and colonial disputes. flour prices, protest hardships, and weather damage in New York and coastal ports are noted.
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Paul
Mittau
Memel
Prussia
Edinburgh
M.de
Famara
Otto
England
Appointments in Washington March go official list
Official appointments announced include William Gardner of New Hampshire as loans commissioner, Joseph Whipple as Portsmouth district collector, Edward Livingston as New York district attorney, Jaon Swartwout as marshal, John Smith as eastern Pennsylvania marshal, Cleon Moore as Alexandria register of wills. General Samuel Smith arrives to take Navy secretary duties. Rumor suggests Mr. Dent may replace Habersham as Savannah customs collector.
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William Gardner
New Hampshire
Joseph Whipple
Portsmouth
Edward Livingston
District of New-York
J Aon Swartwout
Ohn Smith
Pennsylvania
Shee
Cleon Moore
Alexandria County
Samuel Smith
Philadelphia
la Fayette
France
Fas
Ship Mary Ann and slave voyage halted amid Atlantic dispute
In Alexandria on an early April date the brig Mary Ann of Rhode Island carrying nineteen enslaved Africans was sent to the Ganges after a survey declared her unfit for voyage. At St Thomas locals anticipated a visit from the British. A skirmish occurred between a British brig and a Danish sloop of war with no captures. A Turkish custom of blackening house fronts is noted with inhabitants described as prone to mischief.
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Watlington
St. Thomas
Martinique
St. Bartholomews
St. Groix
Gork
N. E
Darita
Essex
Walton's
Minturn de Barker
Alexandria
Mary Ann
Rhode-Island
Africa
Ganges
Cap- Bincan
Straits of
Cone
Kitt's
Turkey
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Folger
Eliza
Boston
Gibraltar
Egypt
Abercrombie
Dover
Downs
Society of Friends
Quakers
Washington
Byee Penne
The
Unitedates
Dent
Charles. County
Éec
United States
Habersham
Savannah
Ie Winyow
Solo
Cohen
D&c
Malaga
George Heriot & Co
Georgetown
Seignette
Edward Gilfinan
Calomel
Anderson
Pactington
Godfrey
Daffy
Dalby’s
Squire’s
Effence Mustard
Box Court Plaister As
Savage Smith & Co
Poplar Hill
Nesmith’s and
Screven’s
Alexander Snow
King’s Tree
Black River
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