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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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A French frigate chased a schooner supplying military stores to blacks in Hispaniola for 15 days. The schooner reached St. Thomas first, seeking protection from Danish frigates and the fort, but the French seized it with marines. The schooner captain, a Burgher, was demanded by the French but protected by the governor.
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We are told, that some short time ago, information being given to the commandant at Hispaniola, that a schooner was supplying the blacks with military stores, &c. a French frigate was dispatched to seize her, when a chase of 15 days took place & the schooner got into St. Thomas before the frigate, where the captain ran her under the protection of the fort and 2 Danish frigates, laying there.--The Frenchman followed, and immediately sent his barge, with a body of marines, and took possession of the schooner notwithstanding her being in a foreign port, and under the protection of its guns.--The captain of the schooner having pushed on shore, as soon as he came to anchor, the French captain demanded him of the governor, who replied he could not deliver up a Burgher, which the captain of the schooner was: what further took place our informant did not learn.
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St. Thomas
Event Date
Some Short Time Ago
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french frigate seized the schooner in st. thomas harbor despite protections
Event Details
Information given to the commandant at Hispaniola about a schooner supplying blacks with military stores led to dispatch of a French frigate. A 15-day chase ensued, with the schooner entering St. Thomas ahead, under protection of the fort and two Danish frigates. The French followed, sent a barge with marines, and took possession of the schooner. The schooner captain, a Burgher, went ashore and was demanded by the French captain from the governor, who refused to deliver him.