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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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Reports from Portsmouth and Liverpool detail a French decree by Bonaparte, passed March 23, 1810, and published May 8, ordering all Americans to leave French territories immediately under pain of imprisonment and property confiscation. The decree sequesters American property and is transmitted to northern powers for adoption.
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An article under the Portsmouth head, of May 19, states, 'That a cartel has just arrived in three days from Morlaix, advising that Bonaparte was so enraged at the Americans, that he had ordered them all out of the country, on pain of confiscation and imprisonment.'
A letter received in this town from Liverpool, of date of May 21, repeats the above rumor, with this addition—That the report was stated to be grounded on a decree, published by Bonaparte, in which Americans were ordered to quit the country immediately, on pain of imprisonment and the confiscation of their property.
Extract of a letter from a commercial house of the first respectability, dated
LIVERPOOL, May 25, 1810.
"We are informed that Mr. Pinkney is at length in possession of the French decree, by which all American property is sequestered, as likewise the imperative order for all citizens of the United States to quit the French territories without delay, under pain of imprisonment. This decree was passed as far back as the 23d March, but not published until the 8th of May. It is transmitted to all the northern powers for their adoption.—N. Y. E. Post."
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France
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Passed 23d March 1810, Published 8th Of May 1810
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all american property sequestered; all us citizens ordered to quit french territories without delay under pain of imprisonment; transmitted to northern powers for adoption
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A cartel arrived from Morlaix reporting Bonaparte's rage leading to orders for Americans to leave France on pain of confiscation and imprisonment. Liverpool letters confirm a decree published by Bonaparte ordering Americans to quit immediately, with property confiscation. Mr. Pinkney received the decree, passed March 23 but published May 8, sequestering American property and expelling citizens.