Shipwreck at Sea Leaves Crew and Passengers Lost
Report details the Dover captained by William Crane wrecking off Nova Scotia afterOctober voyage from Halifax. Sailors survived only by rescue of a Beverly schooner, with one woman passenger aboard, amid storms and heavy loss.
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William Crane
Dover
Aberdeen
Scotland
Alalrfax
Nova-Scotia
Grand Bank of Newfoundland
Bett
Swift
Beverly
Lovett
Piboy
Northey
Halcyon Arrives From Bordeaux with Mixed News
Boston dispatch notes the Halcyon reached from Bordeaux with no major political reports. Commerce letters suggest wine and brandy shipments faced delays after peace news with England, while other goods were affected differently.
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Halcyon
Bordeaux
Nileedea Peper
England
Duel wound leads to death of young Hamilton
New York reports the burial of Philip Hamilton aged about 18 the eldest son of General Alexander Hamilton who died from a wound received in a duel. The event followed a quarrel over remarks about a July oration as witnessed by George S. Backer and others in a box.
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New York
Phelip Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Young Hamilton
Young Price
George S. Backer
Eackery
Hamilton
Price
Ralcaj
Eacker
Duel in New York Leads to Fatal Wounding of Philip
Philadelphia report dated November 26 describes a lamentable event after a duel linked to political quarrel. Philip was shot through the body after trying to quell the fight and died in the morning. Backer is identified as a Democratic partisan. Gen HH Kinsett intervened to stop the second encounter.
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Philadelphia
Hamilton
Roth
New-York
New Yorks
Philip
Backer
Lang
HH. Kinsett
Colonial Treaties Boost British Holdings in East Indies
The Baltimore dispatch notes Britain’s gains from treaties with Spain and France, mentioning Trinidad ceded to Britain and Ceylon described as a valuable cinnamon island. It alleges Dutch forts were surrendered to Britain and reports Spain near war with the United States, with pirate activity and Veracruz rumors, doubting most claims.
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Baltimore
Trinidad
Great- Britain
France
Ceylon
East Indies
Alexandria
Neptune
Coleman
Algesiras
Felucca, S
Havana
Spain
Strange Events In England Amid Political Turmoil
Lord Hawkesbury, once a prominent 1796 yacht figure, led a march to Paris, while Porcupine shifted opposition and faced public backlash, his house ransacked for coarse behavior and violent abuse of the ministry.
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Lord Hawkesbury
England
Paris
Porcupine
South Carolina Legislature Debates Canal and Road Proposals
The South Carolina House of Representatives debates petitions for a sea to Winyaw Bay canal via North Island and a Gadsden wharf to Meeting Street canal. They consider a public road over Clement’s ferry, tobacco warehouse in Dorchester, and bills on land compensation, church incorporation, and charter limitations amid governor messages and committee reports.
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House OF Representatives
Williamsburgh
Marlborough
Chesterfield
Marion
Kingston
All Saints
Winyaw Bay
North Island
William Clement
Clement
Falconer
Joor
Dorchester
St. George's
Senaté
Senate
Lancaster
City of
Charleston
Gadsden’s Wharf
Meeting-street
Méfirs
Hunter
Dawton
Lowndes
Trapier
Winyow Bay
Yiz
Messrs
Stark
Mitchell
Delaf Fare
Nbd
Court of Equity
House of
Jun
Bennett
Pickens
Taylor
Georgetown
Christopher Gadsden
William Soranzo Gaines
William
Loranzo Hafell
Messrs. Stark, Rothmahler, Falconer
K. Simons
Noah IM
Timothy “Button
Big Peedeé River
Robert Henderson
Reihon Tfaac
Readon
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Salem
Boston
Legislature OF
South Carolina
Columbia
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