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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Merchants in Cork, Ireland, sent a fast-sailing cutter off Cape Clear on April 1 to deliver provisions to distressed homeward-bound vessels from America and the West Indies, delayed by prolonged easterly winds. The effort was funded by subscriptions and aimed to aid any needy ships regardless of nationality.
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Extract of a letter from Cork, April 1.
"The merchants of this city having received information that from so long a continuation of easterly winds, many homeward-bound vessels from America and the West-Indies are now near this coast, unable to make the land, and in great want of the necessaries of life have at their own expense, dispatched a fast sailing cutter to cruise off Cape Clear, laden with bread, water, beef, pork, likewise fresh provisions, &c. in order to administer immediate relief to such as may be found in need thereof. The management of this expedition is entrusted to a confidential person, who goes supercargo, and is directed to relieve whoever he may meet with in distress, no matter to what country they belong, or whither they are bound. He has it also in particular charge not to accept the smallest returns for what assistance he may happily afford, as the gentlemen who promoted this undertaking consider themselves amply rewarded by the pleasure which results from so benevolent an action. The humane idea was no sooner suggested, than, in order to carry it into immediate effect, a liberal subscription was filled up with alacrity."
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Cork
Event Date
April 1
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fast-sailing cutter dispatched with provisions to relieve distressed vessels; funded by merchant subscriptions; no returns accepted for aid.
Event Details
Merchants in Cork, informed of homeward-bound vessels from America and the West-Indies near the coast but unable to land due to easterly winds and short on supplies, dispatched a cutter off Cape Clear loaded with bread, water, beef, pork, and fresh provisions. A confidential supercargo manages the expedition to aid any distressed ships regardless of nationality or destination, without seeking payment, as the promoters are rewarded by the benevolence. The idea was quickly supported by a liberal subscription.