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Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Prisoners brought to Philadelphia by the Fair American privateer report that Britain and Ireland received news via New York and Charlestown of seven or eight American states submitting to British rule. British merchants from the three kingdoms compete to send cargoes to the continent, anticipating high demand after six years without supplies. Philadelphia merchants sarcastically offer to guide them into port for free.
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Also, that the merchants of the three kingdoms were striving who should be foremost in sending out cargoes to this Continent, as it was thought the demand for English articles would be prodigious, after going six years without victuals or clothing.
[The Philadelphia merchants, in particular, thank these gentlemen for their good will, and in return have concluded to send a number of swift sailing vessels to conduct as many of these adventurers as they can meet, into port, pilotage free.]
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Philadelphia
Event Date
Lately
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seven or eight states subjugated or submitted to king's peace; anticipated prodigious demand for english goods
Event Details
Prisoners brought by Fair American privateer to Philadelphia report advice received in Britain and Ireland via New-York and Charlestown of American states' submission; British merchants compete to send cargoes expecting high demand after six years without supplies; Philadelphia merchants offer sarcastic guidance into port.