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The Delaware Gazette
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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A plot by Spaniards in Pensacola to massacre French inhabitants was exposed when one conspirator got drunk and revealed it; interim Governor Col. Maxent intervened to prevent the outrage. French residents in Pensacola and Mobile feel unsafe with nightly patrols.
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"Fort Stoddert, (M. T.) April 28.
Various reports from Pensacola, which I think entitled to credit, say, that a project was lately formed by several Spaniards at that place, to Massacre the French inhabitants--but one of them having got drunk: exposed the project, and by a timely interference of the Governor ad interim, Colo. Maxent, the outrage was averted.-- One of our officers, returned from Mobile yesterday informs me that the French inhabitants both at Pensacola and Mobile consider themselves extremely unsafe-- that constant patroles are kept up during the night at both places. Col. Maxent is himself a Frenchman, a Creole of Louisiana, on whose person the first attack was to have been made."
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Pensacola And Mobile
Event Date
April 28
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outrage averted; no casualties reported
Event Details
Several Spaniards in Pensacola formed a project to massacre French inhabitants, but one got drunk and exposed it. Governor ad interim Colo. Maxent intervened timely to avert the outrage. French inhabitants in Pensacola and Mobile feel unsafe, with constant night patrols. The first attack was planned on Col. Maxent, a French Creole from Louisiana.