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The Freeman's Journal, Or, New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A letter from Copenhagen dated September 25, 1776, describes enthusiastic support for the American cause in Stettin, with locals toasting American success and Danish officers offering to join the fight for liberty.
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"As soon as I arrived at Stettin, and they heard up in town that I was an American, & spoke their own language (that is German) I had one express after another to come up. When I arrived it was not as in Barcelona. That American rebel, but I thought I should have been torn to pieces. The Governor & several others sent for me to hear about America, and while talking about it the glasses went about pretty brisk, & nothing else was going but success to the Americans & to the Congress, to the brave officers, & every brave fellow that will sooner die than give up his liberty. In short through all Denmark, from the highest to the lowest, if it lay in their power, they would assist America with the last drop of their blood, for they experience a little of slavery themselves. When I lay there, it was reported I was going to America, I dare say that I had upwards of fifty officers applied, even as high as Majors, that wanted to go if they knew which way to get there."
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Stettin
Event Date
Sept. 25, 1776
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strong pro-american sentiment across denmark; over fifty officers, including majors, expressed desire to join the american cause.
Event Details
The American writer arrived in Stettin and was warmly welcomed upon being identified as American and speaking German. The Governor and others invited him to discuss America, toasting to American success, Congress, officers, and liberty. Throughout Denmark, from high to low, people expressed willingness to assist America with their last drop of blood due to their own experience of slavery. When rumored to be returning to America, over fifty officers up to majors sought to accompany him.