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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Viscount de Damas informs General Shirley of French court orders allowing English merchants to trade in specified Caribbean islands, with tonnage limits for Tobago and neutral duties applied.
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Translation of an extract of a letter of the Viscount de Damas, Governor General of the French Windward Islands, dated May 26, 1783, to his Excellency General Shirley, received June 1, 1783.
I have the honor of communicating to your Excellency the orders I have received from my Court, to admit to the islands of St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Christopher, Nevis, Montserrat and Dominica, any vessels that may be cleared out from England, or any port whatsoever, by English merchants: and as for the island of Tobago, any number of vessels, whose joint tonnage does not exceed 3500, are permitted to trade thither for the course of this year only, with this proviso, that the above-mentioned vessels be subject to the same duties in those islands, as neutral ones were during the war.
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French Windward Islands
Event Date
May 26, 1783
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orders permit english merchant vessels to trade in st. vincent, grenada, st. christopher, nevis, montserrat, dominica from any port; for tobago, vessels up to 3500 tonnage for this year only, subject to neutral duties from war.
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Viscount de Damas communicates orders from his Court to admit English merchant vessels cleared from England or any port to the islands of St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Christopher, Nevis, Montserrat and Dominica; for Tobago, vessels with joint tonnage not exceeding 3500 permitted to trade for this year only, subject to same duties as neutral vessels during the war.