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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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The Governor of New Orleans seized 14-15 British vessels as reprisal for prior seizures of a sloop on Lake Ponchartrain and American vessels in the Mississippi. He ordered all British subjects to depart his government immediately.
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The Governor has also ordered all the subjects of George of Britain, or as they are termed by the Spaniards, "the royalists," to depart his government immediately.
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New Orleans, On The Mississippi
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fourteen or fifteen british vessels seized; all british subjects ordered to depart immediately.
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The Governor seized the vessels by way of reprisal for the seizure of a sloop on Lake Ponchartrain and several other insults to the Spanish government, particularly the seizure of a number of American vessels in the Mississippi last year. He also ordered all subjects of George of Britain, termed 'the royalists' by the Spaniards, to depart his government immediately.