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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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From The Hague, November 23: English Ministry learned of a Spanish plan to seize Pensacola using fleets from Ferrol and Havana with 4,000 troops; informed French Court via Lord Stormont to Count de Vergennes to maintain pacific assurances amid Prince Masserano's visit.
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The plan laid by the Court of Versailles, the Cabinet knew it as soon as almost as it was formed. The Court of Versailles neither approved nor disapproved of it; therefore, when Prince Masserano set out for that Court, the English Ministry charged Lord Stormont to acquaint the Count de Vergennes with the discovery they had made, in order to preserve the pacifick assurances which these three powers had reciprocally made to each other, and prevent that Ambassador's meeting with a cold reception in England.
It was proposed that a fleet should sail from Ferrol, and another from the Havannah, with 4000 land forces on board; that they should join in a certain latitude, and then go together and take possession of Pensacola, the most important colony that the English secured to themselves by the last peace, for watching the Spanish trade from La Vera Cruz, Panama, &c. The galleons which come from that country to Europe are obliged to steer their course that way, in order to get a wind. Besides, the English ships stationed there have an opportunity of seeing every thing that passes, and a small fleet there in time of war may be a check to the whole Spanish trade in that part of the world.
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November 23
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English Cabinet discovered a plan from the Court of Versailles for Spanish fleets from Ferrol and Havannah with 4000 land forces to join and seize Pensacola, an important English colony for monitoring Spanish trade. To preserve mutual pacific assurances among England, France, and Spain, English Ministry instructed Lord Stormont to inform Count de Vergennes before Prince Masserano's arrival at Versailles, preventing a cold reception for the ambassador in England. The Court of Versailles neither approved nor disapproved the plan.