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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extract from a Jamaica letter reports British instructions halting trade with American states unless in legal British vessels. Warships are cruising to enforce, leading to seizures of several American-owned ships last week for illegal papers and contraband. Specific vessels listed as detained.
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Extract of a letter from a capital house in Jamaica, to their correspondents in Charleston, dated Kingston, Feb. 25, 1786.
"The late instructions, which arrived from Britain, directed to the different officers in the revenue service here, have been such as will finally put a stop to all intercourse with the American States, except in real British bottoms, navigated according to law. Frigates and sloops of war will be constantly kept cruising round this island and its dependencies. We have had two or three very disagreeable jobs in consequence of vessels coming to our address, masked with unlawful papers ; and although they escaped, no hopes of the same kind ever ought to induce you to risk your property to this island. A sloop of war, with a custom-house officer on board, has seized a ship, three brigs and a schooner, during her cruise round the island last week."
"The following vessels are sent into this port from the out-ports, on account of their being American property, masked with illegal papers, having contraband articles on board, or on account of their not being navigated according to law, &c."
"The Brothers, Rhode-Island ; brig Royal Midshipman, New-York ; brig Friendship, Wilmington; schooner Aurora, New-York; sloop Convert, New-London."
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Primary Location
Kingston, Jamaica
Event Date
Feb. 25, 1786
Outcome
seizure of a ship, three brigs, and a schooner by a sloop of war; vessels sent into port: the brothers (rhode-island), brig royal midshipman (new-york), brig friendship (wilmington), schooner aurora (new-york), sloop convert (new-london)
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British instructions to revenue officers stop intercourse with American States except in legal British vessels. Frigates and sloops of war cruise the island. Vessels arriving with unlawful papers seized despite some escapes. A sloop of war seized multiple vessels last week for being American property with illegal papers, contraband, or improper navigation.