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Foreign News
July 18, 1787
Independent Journal, Or, The General Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
An American sloop arrived in Port Royal, Jamaica, with salvaged goods from the wrecked ship Thompson under Capt. Oman. A revenue officer mistakenly boarded and marked it under Congressional colors but was corrected and withdrew without seizure.
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KINGSTON, (Jamaica)
We have it from a correspondent of undoubted veracity, that the sloop which arrived at Port Royal on Monday last, with the goods which were recovered from the wreck of the ship Thompson, Oman, was an American, and came into the harbour under Congressional colours, which excited the honest vigilance of a certain Revenue Shark, to such a degree, that he boarded her before she came to an anchor, and actually imprinted the King's broad arrow upon her main-mast; but he was soon undeceived, with respect to the legality of the seizure, and retired to Port Royal in a state of mortification, arising from the disappointment, more easily to be conceived than described.—The above sloop, it seems, fell in with the wreck of the ship Thompson, by mere accident, and Capt. Oman employed her commander to bring the remnant of the cargo that was saved from the wreck, into this port ;—so that both justice and sound policy forbid any Custom-House depredations being committed against her, notwithstanding she is an American.
We have it from a correspondent of undoubted veracity, that the sloop which arrived at Port Royal on Monday last, with the goods which were recovered from the wreck of the ship Thompson, Oman, was an American, and came into the harbour under Congressional colours, which excited the honest vigilance of a certain Revenue Shark, to such a degree, that he boarded her before she came to an anchor, and actually imprinted the King's broad arrow upon her main-mast; but he was soon undeceived, with respect to the legality of the seizure, and retired to Port Royal in a state of mortification, arising from the disappointment, more easily to be conceived than described.—The above sloop, it seems, fell in with the wreck of the ship Thompson, by mere accident, and Capt. Oman employed her commander to bring the remnant of the cargo that was saved from the wreck, into this port ;—so that both justice and sound policy forbid any Custom-House depredations being committed against her, notwithstanding she is an American.
What sub-type of article is it?
Trade Or Commerce
Colonial Affairs
What keywords are associated?
American Sloop
Shipwreck Recovery
Port Royal
Jamaica Customs
Congressional Colours
Thompson Wreck
What entities or persons were involved?
Capt. Oman
Where did it happen?
Port Royal, Jamaica
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Port Royal, Jamaica
Event Date
Monday Last
Key Persons
Capt. Oman
Outcome
revenue officer undeceived and retired without seizure
Event Details
The sloop arrived at Port Royal with goods recovered from the wreck of the ship Thompson, Oman. It was American under Congressional colours, prompting a revenue officer to board and mark it, but he was corrected regarding the legality and withdrew.