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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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In Philadelphia on June 21, the brigs Nymph and Clarisa arrived from Port-au-Prince, reporting dull markets, a deadly sickness among soldiery and shipping with daily American deaths, encounters with Bermudian and British vessels threatening American ships, 20 American vessels detained at Bermuda, sighting of a privateer schooner, French military reinforcements at Cape-Francois, and three crew deaths on Clarisa from the sickness.
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Yesterday arrived the brig Nymph, Capt. Webb, 15 days from Port-au-Prince.
Capt. Webb, informs that markets were very dull, and that a sickness prevailed there which carried off numbers of the soldiery, and was making great ravages among the shipping, to which it was chiefly confined; several Americans died daily.
Capt. Lynds, of the brig Clarisa, 20 days from Port-au-Prince; under Heneaga was boarded by a Bermudian privateer sloop, of 4 swivels, the capt. informed him that he was fully determined to take all Americans from French and Dutch ports, and send them into Bermuda. In lat. 25, 00, was boarded by a British sloop of war, of 20 guns, direct from Bermuda on a cruise, and treated politely; the captain of this vessel informed that twenty sail of Americans, from French and Dutch ports, were at Bermuda for adjudication, carried in there by British men of war and cruisers.
Last Thursday evening, to the Southward of Delaware capes captain Lynde saw a privateer schooner which he supposed to be the Flying Fish. He further informs, that the last reports received at P. au-Price from Cape-Francois mentioned the arrival of 3 ships of the line and fourteen armed transports, with about 6000 troops from France.
Captain Lynde lost three of his crew by the sickness at Port-au-Prince.
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Philadelphia
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June 21
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several americans died daily from sickness; captain lynde lost three crew members to the sickness; 20 american ships detained at bermuda for adjudication.
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Brig Nymph arrived yesterday from Port-au-Prince after 15 days, reporting dull markets and a sickness ravaging soldiery and shipping. Brig Clarisa arrived after 20 days from Port-au-Prince, boarded by Bermudian privateer threatening to capture Americans and by British sloop of war; sighted privateer schooner Flying Fish; reports of French ships and 6000 troops arriving at Cape-Francois.