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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Ship Mark and Abigail arrives at Portsmouth from Gibraltar with news of Algerine War against Americans. Supercargo Barrell reports seeing US Consul Lear in Gibraltar Bay aboard a rejected store ship; Dey orders Lear and family to depart immediately. Barrell carries dispatches for government.
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Ship Mark and Abigail, Capt. Foster, has arrived at Portsmouth from Gibraltar. Mr. Barrell the supercargo, writes, that the Algerines are at war with the Americans; that he saw Mr. Consul Lear in the Bay of Gibraltar, on board of the store ship, which the Dey would not receive, but ordered Mr. Lear and his family immediately away.
Mr B. has dispatches for government from Mr Lear.
The Mark and Abigail was boarded from a British letter of marque, but on showing a paper, announcing the revocation of the Orders in Council, &c. was suffered to pass.
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Gibraltar
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algerines at war with americans; dey refuses store ship and orders consul lear and family to leave immediately.
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The Algerines are at war with the Americans. Mr. Consul Lear was seen in the Bay of Gibraltar on board a store ship that the Dey would not receive, ordering Lear and his family to depart immediately. Mr. Barrell carries dispatches from Lear for government. The ship Mark and Abigail was boarded by a British letter of marque but allowed to pass after showing a paper on the revocation of the Orders in Council.