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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Reports from Jamaica via Liverpool indicate Spain's court justified actions in Nootka Sound, claiming exclusive rights and deferring restitution. Britain responds by ordering Admiral Howe with 30 ships to the Channel, Admiral Hood with 12 to Jamaica, and 10,000 troops to an unknown destination, causing alarm in Jamaica.
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Extract of a letter from Baltimore, July 22.
"A brig has arrived in 25 days from Jamaica, the Captain of which, says, that the day before he left it, a schooner had arrived in 35 days from Liverpool, which brings an account that the court of Spain justified the conduct of the Spanish shipping in Nootka Sound, and that she claimed the exclusive right to those seas, that with respect to restitution, it would be taken into further consideration. In consequence whereof Admiral Howe, with 30 sail of the line, was ordered to cruise in the channel: Admiral Hood, with 12 sail, was ordered to the Jamaica station, and a fleet of transports, with 10,000 troops on board, were ordered to some other destination, but where, it was not known.
A gentleman on board the Jamaica brig says, that the account was credited in Jamaica, and that it caused great confusion and speculation there."
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Nootka Sound
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Accounts From July 1790 Via Liverpool And Jamaica
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spain defers restitution; britain deploys 30 ships under howe to the channel, 12 under hood to jamaica, and 10,000 troops to unknown destination
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A schooner from Liverpool reported to Jamaica that Spain's court upheld Spanish shipping actions in Nootka Sound, claimed exclusive rights to the seas, and would further consider restitution. In response, British admirals received orders for naval deployments and troop movements, leading to confusion in Jamaica.