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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Baron de St. Saphorin, Envoy from Denmark at The Hague, delivers a memorial to the States General declaring the Baltic Sea neutral. The King of Denmark prohibits belligerent armed ships from entering to conduct hostilities, aiming to protect trade and ensure peace, consistent with measures by other Northern Courts.
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To His High and Mighty Lords,
THE States of the King of Denmark and Norway, my master, are so situated, that the trade of his subjects, to and from the provinces thereto belonging, would be much disturbed, were not his Majesty to take such steps as may secure the Baltic, and his coasts from all kinds of hostilities and violences and to protect the former from the incursion of all privateers and armed ships.
In order, therefore, to preserve a free and peaceable communication between his aforesaid provinces, it has pleased the King my master to declare, that the Baltic being from its peculiar situation an inclosed sea, in which the ships of every nation ought, and may sail in peace, and enjoy the advantages of a perfect tranquility, his Majesty cannot permit any armed ships belonging to the belligerent powers to enter it, with a view of acting in an hostile manner against any nation whatsoever.
The two other Northern Courts have adopted similar measures, which are founded in nature and equity; the Potentates, whose dominions border on the Baltic, enjoy a profound peace, which they consider as the greatest blessing that sovereigns can impart to their subjects.
The King, my master, orders me to notify, without loss of time, this his royal declaration to your High Mightiness. His Majesty makes no doubt but you will receive with pleasure a resolution dictated by the most perfect neutrality, and that in conformity thereto, you will give the proper instructions to all commanders of ships of war and privateers in the service of your High Mightiness.
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Baltic Sea
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declaration of baltic neutrality prohibiting belligerent armed ships and privateers from entering to conduct hostilities; expectation of compliance from the states general through instructions to their commanders.
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The Danish envoy presents a memorial declaring the Baltic an enclosed sea where ships should sail in peace. The King prohibits armed ships of belligerents from entering for hostile actions to protect trade and coasts from hostilities, privateers, and armed ships. Similar measures adopted by other Northern Courts to maintain peace for bordering potentates.