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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A letter from Antigua dated May 2, 1790, describes severe drought since November 1789 causing sugar cane crop failures on plantations, with yields dropping drastically, high corn prices, and restrictions preventing beans, peas, and flour imports from England, leading to ships being stopped.
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"We are in a most shocking condition for want of rain, of which we have had but only a part of one day, since November last, our Canes are all burnt up, some estates on which were made 400 hogsheads annually, will not yield more than ten, others none, what will become of us God only knows, if we don't get rain soon no crops this year, Corn 10/6 per bushel, Beans, Peas and Flour are not permitted to come from England. Such London ships as had any of those articles on board were stopped, and the same taken out."
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Primary Location
Antigua
Event Date
May 2, 1790
Outcome
sugar cane crops burnt up; annual yields of 400 hogsheads reduced to 10 or none on some estates; no crops expected without rain; corn at 10/6 per bushel; imports of beans, peas, and flour from england prohibited, with ships stopped.
Event Details
Severe drought in Antigua since November last, with only part of one day's rain; cane fields burnt up leading to massive crop failures on estates; restrictions prevent beans, peas, and flour from England, stopping London ships carrying those articles.