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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Letter from Cape Francois reports arrival of commissioners in France, calming of Negro unrest with 200 returning to work and surrendering cannon, hopes for peace in the colony, and a severe sickly season with 30-40 daily burials.
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BOSTON, January 18.
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois, dated December 5.
"The long expected Commissioners have at last arrived at France.
The Negroes are not at present so troublesome as they have been; about two hundred returned to their employment last week, and delivered several pieces of cannon they had in their possession--so it is hoped in a short time peace and quietness will once more take place in this unhappy colony.
It is a most remarkable sickly season, there has been, for a few days past upon an average, from thirty to forty people buried in this Cape, daily."
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Cape Francois
Event Date
December 5
Outcome
about two hundred negroes returned to employment and delivered several pieces of cannon; from thirty to forty people buried daily
Event Details
The long expected Commissioners have at last arrived at France. The Negroes are not at present so troublesome as they have been; about two hundred returned to their employment last week, and delivered several pieces of cannon they had in their possession--so it is hoped in a short time peace and quietness will once more take place in this unhappy colony. It is a most remarkable sickly season, there has been, for a few days past upon an average, from thirty to forty people buried in this Cape, daily.