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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Rumors from Havre-de-Grace dated June 28, 1815, report chaos in France after Bonaparte's abdication, with riots and a rumor he is there and may flee on an American ship. A July 6 London Courier item describes British sloops pursuing a suspicious American vessel that left Havre on June 30.
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Has Bonaparte escaped from France?
The Editors of the Commercial Advertiser have been politely favored with the following extract of a letter from a respectable gentleman at Havre-de-Grace, to his friend in this city, dated "JUNE 28, 1815."
"All France is in the utmost confusion. Bonaparte has given up the throne, but still he has many friends. Party spirit runs high; every night there are riots, and frequently murder. We have a rumor to-day that Bonaparte is here; and that a ship now here, from your port, is to carry him out of France. For my part I shall not be surprised if such a thing takes place. In my next I shall be able to tell you more about it."
Perhaps considerable importance may be attached to this extract, when compared with a paragraph from the London Courier of 6th July, which was published in the Commercial Advertiser of last evening, and which, that the reader may peruse both in connection, we now re-publish. It will be seen that the American ship mentioned in the London paragraph, left Havre on the 30th June, two days after the date of the above letter.
From the London Courier of July 6.
It is reported that two of our sloops fell in on Friday last with an American ship under very suspicious circumstances: she had just left Havre with the wind easterly, she kept close in with the shore, so that the sloops could not get near to her. They, however, continued to follow her until they fell in with the Horatio, and then that vessel stood towards her. Just as the Horatio was on the point of firing upon her, to bring her to, a fog came on, and they lost sight of her. The wind was fair for her continuing to run down Channel.
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Havre De Grace
Event Date
June 28, 1815
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rumors of bonaparte's escape unconfirmed; british sloops lost sight of the suspicious american ship in fog.
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Extract from a letter dated June 28, 1815, from Havre-de-Grace describes confusion in France after Bonaparte abdicated the throne, with ongoing riots and murders. Rumor circulates that Bonaparte is in Havre and plans to escape on an American ship from New York. A London Courier report from July 6 mentions British sloops pursuing a suspicious American ship that left Havre on June 30, but losing it in fog.