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Foreign News
May 31, 1803
Kentucky Gazette And General Advertiser
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
News from Salem reports declaration of war by England against France before April 12, 1793, with 70 British ships of the line in commission, via a British packet captain met by a Newburyport vessel from the West Indies.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 12.
Extract of a letter to the Editor of the True American, from his correspondent at New-York.
"The following is from my correspondent at Salem, dated May 6th at noon—About an hour since we heard the news of a declaration of war by England against France. A Newbury port vessel from the West Indies spoke four days since the British Packet, bound to New-York, the captain of which said war was actually declared before he left England, (the 12th of April) and that seventy sail of the line were in commission,"
Extract of a letter to the Editor of the True American, from his correspondent at New-York.
"The following is from my correspondent at Salem, dated May 6th at noon—About an hour since we heard the news of a declaration of war by England against France. A Newbury port vessel from the West Indies spoke four days since the British Packet, bound to New-York, the captain of which said war was actually declared before he left England, (the 12th of April) and that seventy sail of the line were in commission,"
What sub-type of article is it?
War Report
Naval Affairs
What keywords are associated?
England France War
Declaration Of War
British Fleet
West Indies Packet
Where did it happen?
England
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
England
Event Date
Before The 12th Of April
Outcome
war declared; seventy sail of the line in commission
Event Details
Declaration of war by England against France reported via British packet captain who left England before April 12; news spread from West Indies vessel to Newburyport, then to Salem on May 6.