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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The privateer brig De Lancey, commanded by Stephen Skinner, returned to New York on Tuesday last after a six-month cruise, capturing the French Dutch ship St. Marcus off Cape Tiberoon on June 11 with 200 hogsheads of sugar and coffee bound for Amsterdam. An earlier capture of a French brig with sugar was retaken by a French ship.
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Tuesday last returned hither from a Cruise of six Months, the Privateer Brig De Lancey, Stephen Skinner, Commander, and brought in with him, a large French Dutch Ship of about 350 Ton Burthen, which he took on the 11th of June last off Cape Tiberoon. She is called the St. Marcus, Cater Mulder, Master, and has on board 200 Hogsheads of Sugar, some Coffee, &c. She was bound from St. Domingo to Amsterdam, and when Captain Skinner brought her to, which he did under French Colours, Mulder pretended to be a Frenchman, he taking the De Lancey to be a French Privateer, and therefore made no scruple to shew his French Papers, which Skinner's Linguister greedily laying hold of. Mulder apprehended a Take in, and humbly requested the Papers to be returned him; but the other less condescending put them into his Pocket, and obliged poor Claus to visit New Amsterdam instead of Old.
The third of May Capt. Skinner took a French Brig from Hispaniola, for Carthagena, with 200 Hogheads of Sugar on board, and sent her for this Port; but 7 Days after, she was retaken by a French Ship of 20 Guns, and 120 Men. The Brig formerly belonged to Philadelphia.
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New York
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July 10
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captured st. marcus with 200 hogsheads of sugar and coffee; earlier french brig with 200 hogsheads of sugar retaken by french ship.
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Privateer Brig De Lancey returned from six-month cruise, capturing French Dutch ship St. Marcus off Cape Tiberoon on June 11; ship bound from St. Domingo to Amsterdam; captured under French colors using deception with papers. Earlier on May 3, captured French brig from Hispaniola to Carthagena, sent to New York but retaken seven days later.