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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Ship America arrives in Philadelphia from Hamburgh with reports of French military successes in Switzerland, probable loan from Dutch, American envoys in Paris denied reception and passports, and French troops approaching Bremen and Cuxhaven, alarming Hamburgh.
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Arrived last evening from Hamburgh, the ship America, Capt. Hardy. The America left Hamburgh the 20th of March. Accounts received by her state, that it was probable the French would obtain the loan they had demanded of the Dutch, and that they had overrun a great part of Switzerland, having been victorious in several engagements. A gentleman who arrived at Hamburgh on the 11th March direct from Paris, informed, that our Envoys were there on the 4th without being received by the Directory or having any prospects of a reception. Report by the ship America, from Hamburgh, says, that our envoys at Paris had been refused passports. By Captain Hardy we are also informed, that about the 18th of March a French army was within a few leagues of Bremen, and another body of troops moving towards Cuxhaven, which occasioned some alarm at Hamburgh.
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France
Event Date
March
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french victorious in several engagements in switzerland; probable loan from dutch; envoys refused reception and passports; alarm in hamburgh due to french troops near bremen and cuxhaven
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Ship America from Hamburgh reports French likely to get loan from Dutch and have overrun much of Switzerland with victories. Gentleman from Paris says American envoys in Paris on March 4th not received by Directory. Envoys refused passports. French army near Bremen and troops toward Cuxhaven around March 18th, causing alarm at Hamburgh.