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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Letter from Bonavista reports new French colonial regulations ordering all foreigners to leave the colony within three months from February 1, 1818, banning foreign vessels from trading, enforced eagerly by French merchants, forcing long-standing English and other merchants to sell estates immediately, amid influx of French merchandise.
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"I do not expect to return to the coast again, as all foreigners are ordered to leave the colony in three months from 1st February, and no foreign vessel is allowed to touch or trade—and had not a part of the cargo of my vessel been contracted for, I should not have been able to have landed any of it but as it was, got clear of nearly all. The goods I had on my account I could not land, and was obliged to sell them for little—I had them taken out and sent farther down the coast. These new regulations the French merchants were eager to enforce, and appeared to take every advantage. There are a number of English and other foreign merchants of long standing in the colony who must sell their estates and be off immediately. The country is lately crowded with every kind of merchandize from France."
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The Colony On The Coast
Event Date
May 9, 1818
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all foreigners ordered to leave within three months from 1st february; no foreign vessels allowed to trade; long-standing english and other foreign merchants must sell estates immediately; country crowded with french merchandise.
Event Details
New regulations require all foreigners to leave the colony in three months from 1st February, prohibiting foreign vessels from touching or trading. The writer, unable to land goods on personal account, sold them cheaply and sent them farther down the coast, though contracted cargo was mostly cleared. French merchants eagerly enforced rules, taking advantages. Established foreign merchants forced to sell estates and depart promptly.