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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Two schooners from South Quay were chased and captured by New York privateers Spitfire and Lady Dunmore near Ocracoke on September 9. The brig Spitfire foundered in a gale on September 23 with Capt. Bell and 40 American prisoners. Capt. Stewart and 12 others were released near Cape Charles and reached the Eastern Shore.
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On the 9th of September last, two schooners from South Quay, fell in with, and was chased by the brigantine Spitfire and sloop Lady Dunmore, two privateers from New York, a few leagues to the southward of Ocracoke, the chase continued several hours, after which it fell quite calm, and Captain Bell of the schooner Nancy Bacon, was obliged to strike to the brig, as was Capt. Alexander Stewart of the other schooner, to the sloop, the sloop and brig continued in company until the 23d, when they were overtaken in the late violent gale a little to the southward of the Gulph Stream, in which the brig foundered with Capt. Bell, and other American prisoners to the number of 40 on board. The sloop Lady Dunmore took a Spanish packet, with the mail, &c. from Havanna, bound for Corunna, in Spain, while Captain Stewart was on board.
Twenty leagues at sea to the northward of Cape Charles, the Captain of the sloop gave Captain Stewart and twelve other prisoners, a small yawl with 50 biscuits and three gallons of water, with which they got to the Eastern Shore, after being part of two days and a night at sea.
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Ocracoke
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9th Of September Last
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brig foundered with capt. bell and 40 american prisoners; capt. stewart and 12 others released and reached eastern shore
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Two schooners from South Quay chased and captured by privateers Spitfire and Lady Dunmore near Ocracoke; Spitfire foundered in gale southward of Gulf Stream on 23d; Lady Dunmore captured Spanish packet; prisoners released near Cape Charles.