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Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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The Charleston Courier reports a rumor from France that Napoleon proposed guaranteeing the Duke of York the kingdom of America, ceding French India to Britain, and recognizing George III as King and Emperor of the East, in exchange for Britain ceding Jamaica; he also offered Spain Portugal for Cuba and Biscay provinces to create a kingdom for Jerome Bonaparte.
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The Charleston Courier, of Sept. 29, states, that a gentleman from Bordeaux has favoured them with information that it was currently reported and believed in France, that Buonaparte had proposed to England, that he would guarantee to the Duke of York, the kingdom of America; give all the French possessions in India to the British, and acknowledge George III. as King of Great-Britain and Emperor of the East. Great-Britain, in return to cede Jamaica to France; that Bonaparte had offered to Spain the kingdom of Portugal, in exchange for Cuba and some provinces on the Bay of Biscay. The latter to be erected into an independent kingdom for Jerome, for whom a princess of Spain had been demanded in marriage. The arrangement was, at first, refused by the Spanish Government.
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Charleston
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Sept. 29
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the arrangement was, at first, refused by the spanish government.
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A gentleman from Bordeaux informed the Charleston Courier of a rumor believed in France that Buonaparte proposed to England guaranteeing the Duke of York the kingdom of America, giving French possessions in India to the British, and acknowledging George III as King of Great-Britain and Emperor of the East, with Great-Britain ceding Jamaica to France in return. Additionally, Bonaparte offered Spain the kingdom of Portugal in exchange for Cuba and some provinces on the Bay of Biscay, to be erected into an independent kingdom for Jerome, with a Spanish princess demanded in marriage for him.