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Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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The American ship Mary, Capt. Hale, arrived at Newburyport after 40 days from Cadiz. On Sept. 16, it was boarded in the Atlantic by a French 44-gun frigate, detained for two hours, searched, and warned that vessels from Spain or Portugal without licenses would be destroyed, suggesting French decrees remain in force.
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Ship Mary, Capt. Hale, arrived at Newberryport on Tuesday last, in 40 days from Cadiz, was boarded on the 16th Sept. in lat. 42, long. 40, by a French 44 gun-frigate, detained two hours; they searched the vessel very strictly [for something] but found none. And assured Capt. Hale that if he had had a cargo of any sort, and was from Spain or Portugal he should BURN the vessel! or Destroy her in some other way. On Capt. Hale's observing that the decrees were off, the Frenchmen laughed, and answered that they had orders to take and destroy all American vessels they found without licenses--that no American vessel could trade to France without a license.
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Cadiz
Event Date
16th Sept.
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detained two hours, searched but nothing found, released; warned of destruction for unlicensed trade.
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Ship Mary from Cadiz boarded by French 44-gun frigate in lat. 42, long. 40; searched strictly, assured that American vessels from Spain or Portugal with cargo would be burned or destroyed without licenses; French laughed at claim decrees were repealed, stating orders to take and destroy unlicensed American vessels trading to France.