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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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From New-York, September 23: Capt. Daniel Seymour reports Spanish privateers active off Curacoa, capturing vessels including one from Aruba; Curacoa commander seized two Spanish schooners and two sloops worth 40,000 pieces of eight as reprisals and ordered four vessels to cruise against Spaniards. Capt. Ramadge's New-York sloop to Curacoa captured and taken to Magarittas with others.
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By Capt. Daniel Seymour, who arrived here last Week from Curacoa, we have Advice, That the Spanish Privateers & Guarda Costas, are very busy about that Coast, taking all the Vessels they can, without Respect of Persons; that one of the Curacoa Sloops coming up from Aruba, was taken by one of them, and carried off; whereupon the Commander at Curacoa caus'd two Spanish Schooners and two Sloops, which came in there, to be seized as Reprisals, on Board of which were Effects and Money to the Value of 40,000 Pieces of Eight; and Proclamations were read off just before Capt. Seymour left Curacoa, ordering four stout Vessels to be immediately fitted Out, with full Orders to cruise against the Spaniards, and to take or destroy all they met with.
We further hear, that Capt. Ramadge, in a Sloop of this Port, bound to Curacoa, is taken by one of those Spaniards, and carried into the Magarittas, with several other Vessels whose Names we have no Account of.
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Curacoa
Event Date
September 23
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one curacoa sloop taken from aruba; two spanish schooners and two sloops seized as reprisals with effects and money worth 40,000 pieces of eight; four vessels ordered fitted out to cruise against spaniards; capt. ramadge's sloop and several others taken to magarittas.
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Spanish Privateers and Guarda Costas active off Curacoa coast, capturing vessels without respect of persons; one Curacoa sloop from Aruba taken and carried off, leading Commander at Curacoa to seize two Spanish schooners and two sloops in reprisal; proclamations ordering four stout vessels fitted out to cruise against and take or destroy Spanish vessels; Capt. Ramadge in sloop from New-York bound to Curacoa taken by Spaniards and carried to Magarittas with other unnamed vessels.