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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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An American ship flying Spanish colors was captured by Moors off Leghorn and taken to Algiers, but liberated by the Dey upon advice from the English Consul that it belonged to former British subjects; it arrived at Leghorn with partial cargo after plunder.
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A letter from Leghorn brings advice, that an American ship was taken off there under Spanish colours, by the Moors, and carried into Algiers; but the Dey being informed by the English Consul, that the ship and cargo were not the property of the Spaniards, but belonged to a people who were once subjects of his Britannic Majesty, the ship and crew were liberated; and are arrived at Leghorn with part of their cargo, being plundered of the other part while the vessel lay at Algiers.
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Leghorn
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ship and crew liberated; partial cargo plundered.
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An American ship under Spanish colours was captured by the Moors off Leghorn and carried to Algiers. The Dey, informed by the English Consul that the ship and cargo belonged to former British subjects, liberated the ship and crew. They arrived at Leghorn with part of their cargo, having been plundered of the rest while in Algiers.