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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Captain Moses Tryon of the USS Connecticut writes from near Madeira on January 10, 1800, boasting of his ship's speed after trials with British and American vessels, and reports capturing the French privateer brig Conqueror of Italy on December 29, 1799, near Point Petre, Guadeloupe.
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Extract of a letter from Capt. Moses Tryon, dated on board the United States ship Connecticut, 1 league E. N. E. from Madeira, Jan. 10, 1800, to a Gentleman in Middletown.
"I have been able to reduce it to a certainty, that the Connecticut, is, perhaps, the fastest sailing ship in these seas. I have had a fair trial with several British men of War; I likewise had an opportunity to try her sailing with the Insurgent, Capt. Murray and the Adams, Capt. Morris, both of which I have fairly beaten by the wind, and I think I can say, she sails equally well from the wind. On the whole I am not afraid to have a fair look at any thing that floats on the ocean. I have had the good fortune to fall in with the French privateer brig, the Conqueror of Italy; mounting 12 guns and sixty two men; (having manned six prizes in the course of her cruise; which I captured the 29th ult. on her return to Point Petre; he has done more injury to our commerce than any other privateer out of Guadaloupe; having by accounts, taken two hundred American vessels; he has run upwards of four years, and had bid defiance to all British frigates."
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1 League E. N. E. From Madeira
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Jan. 10, 1800 (Letter); 29th Ult. (Capture)
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captured the french privateer brig conqueror of italy mounting 12 guns and 62 men; no casualties mentioned.
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Capt. Tryon reports trials proving the USS Connecticut's superior speed against British men-of-war, USS Insurgent, and USS Adams; captured the notorious French privateer Conqueror of Italy on its return to Point Petre after a four-year cruise during which it took 200 American vessels.