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Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Captain Dennis of the brig Washington encountered the ship Sally, Capt. Webber of Boston, 52 days from Liverpool bound for Baltimore, carrying a messenger with favorable dispatches from Gen. Armstrong, likely also from Mr. Pinkney, on the 1st of this month en route from Marblehead to New York.
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Captain Dennis, of the brig Washington, on his passage from Marblehead to New York, on the 1st of this month spoke the ship Sally, Capt. Webber, of Boston, then 52 days from Liverpool for Baltimore, having on board a Messenger with Despatches from Gen. Armstrong. Capt D. informs that the above gentleman told him that the Despatches were of a very favourable nature. As the Messenger took his departure from England about the last of August, it is probable he has also a communication from Mr. Pinkney. He was anxious to know whether our Congress had met; but said nothing about the orders in Council. By the next mail from the southward, we shall probably be furnished with the news by this arrival, in detail. The above is probably the gentleman who took to England the news of the repeal of the Berlin and Milan Decrees: [N.Y. Gaz.
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En Route From Marblehead To New York
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1st Of This Month
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despatches were of a very favourable nature
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Captain Dennis of the brig Washington spoke the ship Sally of Boston, Capt. Webber, 52 days from Liverpool for Baltimore, carrying a messenger with despatches from Gen. Armstrong. The messenger departed England about the last of August and likely has communication from Mr. Pinkney. He inquired about Congress meeting but not the orders in Council. This is probably the same gentleman who carried news of the repeal of the Berlin and Milan Decrees to England.