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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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British proclamation embargoes vessels to Tuscany and Ecclesiastical States amid tensions; French entry into Leghorn prompts reprisals on Tuscan property after sealing of allied magazines.
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In the London Gazette, of Aug. 6, we see a Proclamation of the British King, in Council, laying an embargo on all British vessels bound to any of the ports of the territories of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, or the Ecclesiastical States. This, with other measures looks like a declaration of war against Tuscany. In a Halifax paper of the 15th ult. it is said, that the Grand Duke of Tuscany having permitted the French to enter Leghorn, their Consul there has declared that he is ordered "to put the seals upon all the magazines belonging to the English, to the Emperor, to the Empress of Russia, and in general to all the Princes or subjects of the States with which they are at war, and to make an inventory of the goods." In consequence of this, the Gazette of the 30th of July contains his Majesty's order in Council to make reprisals on the ships and property belonging to the subjects of the Grand Duke, and authorizing the refusal of payment of bills drawn after the entry of the French into Leghorn.
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Tuscany
Event Date
July 30 To August 6
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embargo on british vessels to tuscan and ecclesiastical ports; reprisals on tuscan ships and property; sealing and inventory of allied magazines in leghorn
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British King in Council proclaims embargo on vessels to Tuscany and Ecclesiastical States, signaling war. Grand Duke allows French into Leghorn; French Consul seals magazines of English, Emperor, Empress of Russia, and other enemies, inventories goods. British order authorizes reprisals on Tuscan subjects' property and refuses bills post-French entry.