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The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Letters from USS Hornet confirm near-total death of American Colonization Society's People of Colour colony at Sherbro, Africa, due to unhealthy climate. Cyane's boat crew also perished there. Hornet avoided Sherbro and plans return home after West Indies cruise.
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Letters from officers of the United States' ship Hornet, Captain Read, dated at the Island of Bonavista, the 27th of August last, confirm the melancholy tidings of the death of all the persons, save one only, composing the American Colonization Company's People of Colour, at Sherbro, on the coast of Africa. They had fallen victims to the climate, and the unhealthiness of the place where they located. The Hornet stayed only four days at Sierra Leone; and Captain R. thought it most prudent not to proceed to Sherbro. The Hornet saw the Cyane at Teneriffe, all pretty well. She (the Cyane) intended returning to the coast after the rainy season.—A boat's crew of hers, commanded by Mr. J. S. Townsend, Midshipman, all shared the sad fate of Mr. Bacon, and his colony, at Sherbro.
The Hornet, after a cruise among the West-India islands, is to return home.
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Sherbro, On The Coast Of Africa
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27th Of August Last
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death of all the persons, save one only, composing the american colonization company's people of colour at sherbro; boat's crew of the cyane, commanded by mr. j. s. townsend, all shared the sad fate
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Letters from officers of the United States' ship Hornet confirm the death of nearly all members of the American Colonization Company's People of Colour colony at Sherbro due to the climate and unhealthiness of the place. The Hornet stayed only four days at Sierra Leone and did not proceed to Sherbro. The Hornet saw the Cyane at Teneriffe, all pretty well, intending to return to the coast after the rainy season. A boat's crew of the Cyane shared the fate of Mr. Bacon and his colony at Sherbro. The Hornet, after a cruise among the West-India islands, is to return home.