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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Captain Alexander Murray of the Insurgente reports from Lisbon on September 16, 1799, his plans to cruise off Cadiz, Algeziras, and Madeira to counter French cruisers distressing American commerce. He describes a 20-day passage involving chases and boardings of 30 vessels, mostly British, noting the unprotected state of trade in those seas and the issuance of French privateers from Brest.
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"I shall immediately leave this place to cruise off Cadiz and Algeziras, and from there to Madeira, where I hear our commerce has been greatly distressed by French cruisers.
I had 20 days passage to this port, but could have been here in three weeks, but for chasing every thing we saw, all of which we overhauled, except one vessel which we lost sight of in the night. Since passing the Azores, we have boarded 30 vessels of different nations, but the greater part British, and met with but one British ship of war, from whence you may judge of the unprotected state of their trade, as well as our own in those seas. I am told here, that vast numbers of corvettes and privateers have issued from the ports in France, since the fleets got into Brest. I hope we shall be able to give a good account of one of them."
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Lisbon
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September 16, 1799
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Captain Murray plans to depart Lisbon to cruise off Cadiz and Algeziras, then to Madeira to address French cruisers distressing commerce. He reports a 20-day passage delayed by chases, boarding 30 vessels mostly British since the Azores, encountering only one British warship, indicating unprotected trade. He notes many French corvettes and privateers issuing from French ports after fleets entered Brest, hoping to engage one.