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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Liverpool privateers Telemachus and Ulysses captured a Spanish frigate from the South Seas on December 24 in the Atlantic, taking it to Crookhaven with an estimated value near a million. The privateers are owned by Mr. Baker and his son-in-law, previously involved in capturing the French East Indiaman Carnatic.
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This morning advice was received here, that the Telemachus, Capt. AH, and the Ulysses, Captain Briggs, both privateers belonging to this place, while on a cruise, in consort, on the 24th ult. in lat. 35, and long. 30, west, fell in with a Spanish frigate from the south seas, which had been out three years. She is pierced for 26 guns, on her main deck, had 170 men, and is 600 tons burthen; they have carried her into Crookhaven, and she is said to be worth near a million. The privateers belong to Mr. Baker and his son in law, whose ship, the Mentor, took the Carnatic French East Indiaman.
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Lat. 35, Long. 30, West
Event Date
24th Ult.
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spanish frigate captured and carried into crookhaven, worth near a million
Event Details
The Telemachus and Ulysses, privateers from Liverpool, on cruise in consort, encountered a Spanish frigate from the south seas out three years, pierced for 26 guns, with 170 men and 600 tons burthen; they captured her.