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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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A letter from London reports severe trade disruptions on the north coast from London to the Orkneys due to lack of naval protection, leading to numerous vessel captures by small privateer cutters, including one taking over 20 ships off Flamborough Head and ransoming them. Insurance premiums have skyrocketed, effectively prohibiting trade.
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"My friends, I have suffered greatly by the stoppage of trade. On the north coast there is not now a single vessel of force for the protection of trade from London to the Orkneys, an extent of coast above 800 miles, which has occasioned the capture of a great many vessels, principally by small privateer cutters, one of which, with only 28 men, took above 20 vessels off Flambrough head, all of whom she ransomed immediately. I paid 5l. 5s. premium per cent. insurance on a vessel from Berwick, when the usual insurance is only 1l. per cent. which amounts almost to a prohibition of any trade to those parts,"
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North Coast From London To The Orkneys
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capture of many vessels by privateers, including over 20 off flamborough head ransomed immediately; insurance premiums rose from 1l. to 5l. 5s. per cent, prohibiting trade
Event Details
Lack of protective vessels on the 800-mile north coast has led to captures by small privateer cutters; one with 28 men captured over 20 vessels off Flamborough Head and ransomed them; writer paid high insurance on a Berwick vessel, amounting to trade prohibition