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Alexandria Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Five pirate crew members were apprehended near Annapolis after passing through the city en route to Baltimore; they confessed. Pursuit vessels, including a French boat under Lt. Mano and a packet under Captains Muir and Davall, were sent after the pirate schooner. The packet returned unsuccessfully; a report claimed the schooner was seized in West River.
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An express from the governor to the Mayor brings information that five of the crew of the pirate passed through Annapolis on their way to this city, and that a detachment of horse were sent by the governor to apprehend them: these men were yesterday taken and confessed themselves a part of the crew: A French boat under lieut. Mano, and a French officer with volunteers and Frenchmen out of Annapolis, and a packet with two field pieces, under the command of captains Muir and Davall, sailed in pursuit of the pirate; the packet had returned without success; the other boat had not returned.
A report prevailed this morning that the piratical schooner in our bay was yesterday seized in West River, by the force from this city.
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Primary Location
Annapolis
Event Date
August 29.
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five crew members taken and confessed; packet returned without success; report of schooner seized in west river.
Event Details
An express informed that five pirate crew passed through Annapolis toward this city; governor sent detachment to apprehend them, taken yesterday and confessed. French boat under Lt. Mano, French officer with volunteers and Frenchmen from Annapolis, and packet with two field pieces under Captains Muir and Davall pursued the pirate. Packet returned unsuccessfully; other boat not returned. Report that piratical schooner seized in West River by force from this city.