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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from St. Domingo via schooner Diana: Toussaint and family sent to France by General Leclerc; post-arrest tranquility with planters returning and towns rebuilding; yellow fever ravaging troops and foreigners at the Cape.
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CHARLESTON, JULY 8.
By the arrival of the schooner Diana, from the Cape, we learn, that Toussaint, with his wives, children, aids, &c. were all sent to France by General Leclerc; they sailed about twenty days before Captain Mead left it. Ever since the arrest of Toussaint, every thing had been very tranquil at St. Domingo; a great number of planters were returning to their plantations, and the towns in the island were building up very fast. The yellow fever was very prevalent at the Cape amongst the troops and foreigners, and many officers and soldiers fell victims to it.
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St. Domingo
Event Date
Prior To July 8
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tranquility restored; planters returning to plantations; towns rebuilding; many officers and soldiers died from yellow fever at the cape.
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Toussaint, with his wives, children, aids, &c., were sent to France by General Leclerc, sailing about twenty days before Captain Mead left the Cape. Since Toussaint's arrest, everything has been very tranquil at St. Domingo, with a great number of planters returning to their plantations and towns building up fast. Yellow fever was very prevalent at the Cape amongst troops and foreigners.