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Foreign News
December 26, 1787
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A letter from Cork dated October 13 reports inevitable war, causing a rise in American produce prices. Rumors suggest eastern neighbors are fitting out privateers to target U.S. mosquito fleets.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 28.
A letter from a respectable mercantile house, dated Cork, October 13, says, that WAR is inevitable--and that in consequence of this belief--American produce had taken a very considerable rise.
It is rumored, that in consequence of the apparent certainty of a war, our good neighbours, at the eastern extremity of the continent, have already began to fit out privateers!--How would these picaroons sing, oh be joyful, could they but have a KNAB at the mosquito fleets of the United States.
A letter from a respectable mercantile house, dated Cork, October 13, says, that WAR is inevitable--and that in consequence of this belief--American produce had taken a very considerable rise.
It is rumored, that in consequence of the apparent certainty of a war, our good neighbours, at the eastern extremity of the continent, have already began to fit out privateers!--How would these picaroons sing, oh be joyful, could they but have a KNAB at the mosquito fleets of the United States.
What sub-type of article is it?
War Report
Economic
Piracy Or Privateering
What keywords are associated?
Inevitable War
American Produce Rise
Privateers Fitting Out
Eastern Neighbors
Mosquito Fleets
Where did it happen?
Cork
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Cork
Event Date
October 13
Outcome
american produce had taken a very considerable rise
Event Details
A letter from a respectable mercantile house in Cork states that war is inevitable, leading to a rise in American produce. Rumors indicate that neighbors at the eastern extremity of the continent are fitting out privateers, with mocking reference to potential attacks on U.S. mosquito fleets.