When was it published?

December 19, 1842 in Alexandria Gazette

Foreign News December 19, 1842

Alexandria Gazette

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs, Trade Or Commerce

Q: What keywords are associated?

Liberia Colony, Agricultural Pursuits, Sugar Coffee, Somers Brig, Commander Mackenzie, Monrovia

Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia

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What is this article about?

US brig Somers, under Commander Mackenzie, arrived in New York from Liberia via St. Thomas, reporting the colony's flourishing condition with colonists shifting to agriculture and promising sugar and coffee production as of November 11.

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The United States brig Somers, Commander Mackenzie, arrived at New York on Wednesday evening last, from Liberia, via St. Thomas. The Somers sailed from Monrovia on the night of the 11th November. The colony was in a flourishing condition, bidding fair to realize eventually the hopes of its enlightened and benevolent founders. The colonists are more disposed than heretofore to devote themselves to agricultural pursuits—bartering with the natives, buying as cheap as possible and selling as dear, having hitherto been their almost exclusive pursuit. Sugar and coffee, said to equal the finest Mocha, and of most abundant yield, promise to become valuable staples.

What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs Trade Or Commerce

What keywords are associated?

Liberia Colony Agricultural Pursuits Sugar Coffee Somers Brig Commander Mackenzie Monrovia

What entities or persons were involved?

Commander Mackenzie

Where did it happen?

Liberia

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Liberia

Event Date

Night Of The 11th November

Key Persons

Commander Mackenzie

Outcome

the colony was in a flourishing condition, bidding fair to realize the hopes of its founders, with sugar and coffee promising to become valuable staples.

Event Details

The United States brig Somers, Commander Mackenzie, arrived at New York from Liberia via St. Thomas, having sailed from Monrovia on the night of the 11th November. The colony was flourishing, with colonists more disposed to agricultural pursuits than previous bartering with natives. Sugar and coffee, equal to the finest Mocha and abundantly yielding, promise valuable staples.