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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract from a letter dated August 22, 1768, from Bergen, Norway, reports that seven French Iceland fishing vessels, part of a 70-sail fleet stationed off Ireland, were ordered by a French warship to return to France immediately, as war with England was about to be declared. More vessels arrived in local ports.
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As we have been favoured, by a gentleman of character, with the following very material piece of intelligence, we take this earliest opportunity of laying it before the public.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Bergen in Norway, to his correspondent in Leith, dated August 22, 1768.
"A few days ago arrived here, 7 sail of French Iceland fishermen, part of a fleet of 70 sail, who, on their station off Ireland, were boarded by a French ship of war, with orders for them immediately to make the best of their way to France, for that war with England was just on the point of being declared. There are several more of the fleet arrived in the river, and several others put into the northern ports of this kingdom."
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Off Ireland
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Dated August 22, 1768
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french fishing fleet ordered to return to france due to impending declaration of war with england
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A few days ago arrived here, 7 sail of French Iceland fishermen, part of a fleet of 70 sail, who, on their station off Ireland, were boarded by a French ship of war, with orders for them immediately to make the best of their way to France, for that war with England was just on the point of being declared. There are several more of the fleet arrived in the river, and several others put into the northern ports of this kingdom.