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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1801
Page
2
Augustus 21 report states Gibson was committed to gaol on piracy charges after cruising without a commission in a felucca posing as a tender to the Echo and later to his majesty's ship. For four months they supplied themselves by forcing American vessels to provide provisions and draughts from Jamaica agents.
Last evening envoy Livingston and his suite boarded the United States frigate Boston as a salute was fired. The frigate is unmoored and will sail this morning for France.
An officer aboard the ship President reports the squadron's 30 day voyage from the United States to Gibraltar Bay on July 31 1801. He notes cordial relations with the garrison, hopes for harmony with Algiers, and a disrupted relation with Tripoli as its consul Cathcart is dismissed. He cannot foresee trade security but remains hopeful.
The narrative describes a naval squadron cruising the Mediterranean including the Essex and Philadelphia near Cadiz Tunis and Algiers. It notes relations with the Dey of Algiers the Bey of Tunis and Tripoli and reports consul interactions and ongoing tribute payments amid unrest with Barbary powers.
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