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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Philadelphia, October 15: News from Antigua via Captain Phoenix reports multiple naval captures, including a French frigate with seven prizes at Martinico, privateer successes on North American coast, British sloop Antigua's captures, HMS Griffin taking a French ship with sugar and coffee, and prizes brought into St. Christophers.
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By Captain Phoenix, from Antigua, we have public Papers and private Letters to 11th ult. the Substance of the News of which is as follows, viz. That a French Frigate had arrived at Martinico, and carried in with her seven Prizes: That Captain Sturges, of Antigua, had sent in there, a Snow and Sloop, from Martinico, loaded with Sugar: That the Martinico Privateers, of late, had chiefly cruized on the North American Coast, one of which had sent in ten, and another eight Prizes: That His Majesty's Sloop Antigua had taken a French Schooner, with Sugar, Coffee, &c. and had retaken a Sloop with Horses from New London: That His Majesty's Ship Griffin, Captain Taylor, had taken, and sent to Antigua, a French Ship, with 200 Hogheads of Sugar, and some Coffee on board: And that there had been carried into St. Christophers, a Schooner and Sloop with Provisions, a Dogger with Sugar, and a Brigantine, loaded with Lumber, bound to the Granades from Martinico.
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Antigua
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To 11th Ult.
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multiple prizes captured including seven by french frigate, ten and eight by privateers, french schooner with sugar and coffee, sloop with horses, french ship with 200 hogheads sugar and coffee, schooner and sloop with provisions, dogger with sugar, brigantine with lumber.
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Reports from public papers and private letters detail various captures: French frigate arrives at Martinico with seven prizes; Captain Sturges sends in snow and sloop loaded with sugar; Martinico privateers cruise North American coast sending in ten and eight prizes; HMS Sloop Antigua takes French schooner with sugar, coffee etc. and retakes sloop with horses from New London; HMS Griffin under Captain Taylor takes French ship with 200 hogheads sugar and coffee sent to Antigua; prizes carried into St. Christophers including schooner and sloop with provisions, dogger with sugar, brigantine with lumber bound to Granades from Martinico.