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The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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French frigate from Isle of France boarded American sloop Express in Atlantic (lat. 30, long. 33) on Sept. 8, robbing $1,500 in specie and supplies, threatening to burn the ballast-loaded vessel before departing. Seen as proof of French decrees' repeal.
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MORE FRENCH ROBBERY.
The sloop Express, Captain Pinyard, arrived here yesterday in 40 days from Oporto. On the 8th of September, in lat. 30, long. 33, was boarded from a French frigate, who said they were from the Isle of France, bound to Brest. THEY ROBBED THE EXPRESS OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SPECIE, ALL THE SPARE BLOCKS, TAR, BEEF, PORK, OIL, PAINTS, &C. &C. and after threatening to BURN the sloop, left her to pursue her voyage, she being only in ballast. This is another and unequivocal proof of the practical repeal of the French plundering and burning decrees of Berlin and Milan.
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Lat. 30, Long. 33
Event Date
8th Of September
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robbed of fifteen hundred dollars in specie, all the spare blocks, tar, beef, pork, oil, paints, &c. &c.; threatened to burn the sloop but left her to pursue her voyage
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The sloop Express, Captain Pinyard, was boarded by a French frigate from the Isle of France bound to Brest; they robbed the sloop and threatened to burn her, she being only in ballast