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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In a letter from Newport, Capt. Simmons reports his vessel was captured in a calm near St. Croix by boats from two Dutch sloops from Port au Prince to Curacao, who pirated the crew's belongings and sent the ship for condemnation there due to its English affiliation.
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Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Newport, to his Friend here.
We have Letters from Capt. Simmons, dated St. Croix, who writes us, that he was taken in a Calm by the Boats of two Dutch Sloops from Port au Prince bound to Curacao; who in a piratical Manner stripped him and his People of all his Clothes, Chests, Bedding, &c. After taking the Master and all his People out, sent the Vessel to Port au Prince for Condemnation, which they told him they would not have done, if they lived there, or he had not belonged to the English.
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St. Croix
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crew stripped of clothes, chests, bedding; vessel sent to port au prince for condemnation.
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Capt. Simmons' vessel taken in a calm by boats from two Dutch sloops from Port au Prince bound to Curacao; pirates stripped the crew and master of all belongings, removed them, and sent the vessel for condemnation, citing its English ownership.