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Gazette Of The United States
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Letter from St. Augustine dated June 29, 1795, reports a dire local situation with unspecified alarms, the imprisonment of Capt. Hervieux and his men in a dungeon requiring French consular intervention, and widespread sickness due to poor beef rations.
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We are badly situated here; but for fear the letter may be stopped and perused, I dare not tell you the various alarms some are under. Poor Capt. Hervieux is close shut up in a dungeon, and all his men; and I fancy it will require some spirited exertions of the French consul to get them liberated, if death does not do it without. We have all been sick, owing chiefly, I believe, to having nothing but a little very bad beef to live upon.
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St. Augustine
Event Date
29th June, 1795
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capt. hervieux and his men imprisoned in dungeon; potential death without liberation; general sickness among residents.
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The writer describes a badly situated environment in St. Augustine with various alarms that cannot be detailed due to interception fears. Capt. Hervieux and all his men are shut up in a dungeon, needing spirited exertions by the French consul for liberation to avoid death. All have been sick, mainly from living on very bad beef.