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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In October 1781, US affairs are prosperous amid the Revolutionary War: British expelled from southern states except Charleston, Lord Cornwallis surrounded and desperate, New York fleet at risk from Franco-American forces. A July Dutch paper confirms King of Prussia's June 29 ratification of armed neutrality.
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The affairs of the United States were never in so prosperous a situation as at present. The two southern states about which the British boasted so much in Europe, they have been entirely expelled from by force of arms, Charlestown excepted, which they must immediately abandon, or run the risk of being prisoners at discretion. Lord Cornwallis surrounded, and endeavouring to make the best terms in his wretched situation, being destitute of every thing but fear and famine. And the British fleet and New-York in the greatest danger of being taken by the combined force of France and the United States: when the feelings of a father, for a son in captivity, will teach the haughty king of Great-Britain to have compassion for a prisoner, and convince him we are all of the same flesh and blood, however dignified by fortune.
A Dutch news paper printed at Leyden, in July, announces letters from Petersburgh, which confirm the ratification of the King of Prussia's accession to the armed neutrality, on the 29th of June.
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United States, Southern States, Charlestown, New York, Leyden, Petersburgh
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October 18, 1781; June 29, 1781
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The United States enjoys prosperity in the war; British forces expelled from southern states except Charleston, which they must abandon; Lord Cornwallis surrounded and negotiating terms amid famine; British fleet and New York threatened by French and American forces, prompting potential compassion from the British king. A Dutch newspaper reports confirmation of Prussia's accession to armed neutrality on June 29.