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Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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A letter received in Nantucket on Wednesday before Aug. 10 reports that the ship Charles, Capt. Worth, arrived at Callao from Valparaiso on Dec. 9, 1815, and sailed free on Dec. 16 with 150 bbls. oil after detention resolved. British ship Indispensable sailed for England with 2450 bbls. oil.
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FROM THE PACIFIC.
A letter was received in this town on Wednesday last by Samuel Carver one of the owners of ship Charles of this port. (detained at Valparaiso for being deficient of a sea letter) from a Spaniard dated at Lima, January 8, 1816, stating that the ship Charles, Worth, of this port, arrived at Callao, on the 9th of December, 1815, from Valparaiso, and that she sailed free on the 16th of the same month—the latter also states that Capt. Worth received instructions directing all commanders by sea and by land not to molest or detain her. There are several gentlemen on the Island who are acquainted with the Spaniard, and say he is a man of respectability. The Charles, when she sailed from Callao, had 150 bbls. Oil. The British ship Indispensable sailed for England with 2450 bbls. oil, which she obtained in 11 months.
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Nantucket
Event Date
December 9 16, 1815
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ship released and sailed free with 150 bbls. oil; no molestation ordered.
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Letter from Spaniard in Lima dated Jan. 8, 1816, received in Nantucket by owner Samuel Carver, reports ship Charles arrived Callao from Valparaiso on Dec. 9, 1815, after prior detention, and departed Dec. 16; Capt. Worth received protective instructions. Source deemed respectable. British ship Indispensable departed for England with 2450 bbls. oil after 11 months.