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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On March 24, Capt. Perry of the U.S. sloop Shark took possession of Fort Rogers (formerly Key West) in East Florida for the United States. The island, 7 miles long by 2 broad, features excellent land, salt ponds producing 300-400k bushels annually, and a superior harbor. A settlement was formed by Mobile gentlemen.
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New Colony.—By an arrival this morning from Fort Rogers (formerly called Key West) on the coast of East Florida, we learn that on the 24th March the Island was taken possession of in the name of the United States, in due form, by Capt. Perry, of the U. S. sloop Shark
We understand the island is seven miles long by two broad, with some excellent land and extensive salt ponds, capable of producing from three to four hundred thousand bushels of salt per annum, and eligibly situated for supplying vessels on that coast with provisions, &c.—and deemed remarkably healthy. The harbor is said to equal any in the Gulf of Mexico, both for safety and depth of water, and may become a rendezvous for our navy, employed in those seas.
The settlement has been lately formed by a company of enterprising gentlemen from this place, whose calculations, we are induced to believe, will not prove visionary.
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Fort Rogers (Formerly Key West), East Florida
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24th March
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island taken possession of in the name of the united states; settlement formed by gentlemen from mobile
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By an arrival this morning from Fort Rogers, we learn that on the 24th March the Island was taken possession of in the name of the United States, in due form, by Capt. Perry, of the U. S. sloop Shark. The island is seven miles long by two broad, with some excellent land and extensive salt ponds, capable of producing from three to four hundred thousand bushels of salt per annum, and eligibly situated for supplying vessels on that coast with provisions, &c.—and deemed remarkably healthy. The harbor is said to equal any in the Gulf of Mexico, both for safety and depth of water, and may become a rendezvous for our navy, employed in those seas. The settlement has been lately formed by a company of enterprising gentlemen from this place.