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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Capt. Dalton, US Superintendent of Indian Affairs, arrived in Philadelphia from Canada with 200 liberated American captives from savage imprisonment, though others remain held. He and his wife endured years of cruel treatment. They received polite treatment from English officers but abuse from US fugitives in Canada. A US vessel from an Eastern port was denied entry to Quebec for flying American colors and left without unloading goods despite demand.
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Capt. Dalton, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the United States arrived here from Canada, which he left about a month since, in company with 200 Americans, who are at length—happily liberated from a cruel captivity with the Savages. But he is sorry to inform us that there are a number of unfortunate fellow sufferers, who are still retained as prisoners. The sufferings of Capt. Dalton and his Lady have been very great, both having been many years prisoner with the enemy, and forced to endure the most cruel treatment from their captors.
Capt. Dalton says, that on their way home through Canada, they experienced the most polite treatment from the English officers; but were more than once abused by different parties of those wretches who had fled to Canada, from the back parts of the United States, to avoid the vengeance of their countrymen for many horrid murders and burnings committed by them, in conjunction with the English and Indians.
A final vessel from one of the Eastern ports arrived at Quebec a little before Capt. Dalton left it; but the Captain being abused for keeping the American colours flying, and not suffered to enter, he left the port without breaking bulk, notwithstanding the articles he had to dispose of were much in demand at Quebec, and he was offered a great price for them.
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Philadelphia
Event Date
August 12
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200 americans liberated from captivity; others still prisoners; capt. dalton and his lady endured many years of cruel treatment
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Capt. Dalton arrived in Philadelphia from Canada, which he left about a month ago, with 200 Americans liberated from savage captivity. He reports others still held. On the way through Canada, they were politely treated by English officers but abused by US fugitives who fled to avoid vengeance for murders and burnings with English and Indians. A vessel from an Eastern port arrived at Quebec but was abused for flying American colors, denied entry, and left without unloading despite high demand for goods.