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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Report from Jamaica in February: poor sugar and coffee crops due to drought limit shipping; flour prices drop to $10/barrel; malignant fever kills most King's troops but subsides; little hope for easing US trade restrictions.
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A gentleman who arrived here yesterday from Kingston, (Jamaica) which he left on the 14th February, states, that the inhabitants of Jamaica entertain but little hopes that any arrangements would be made with their government relative to any relaxation in their non-intercourse with the United States. Their crops of sugar and coffee had failed greatly the last season in consequence of the drought, and it was supposed that not more than a third of the shipping in the Island for English ports would be able to obtain freight. Flour, which had been up to 18 or 19 dollars a barrel, had got down again to 10. A severe malignant fever had prevailed lately at Jamaica, which had carried off nearly all the King's troops, but at the time of the above gentleman's leaving, had greatly subsided.
Commercial News Room Books.
Kingston papers of the 12th and 14th of February are received at the Commercial Reading and News Room--politely furnished by the gentleman who communicated the foregoing intelligence.
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Jamaica
Event Date
14th February
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crops of sugar and coffee failed greatly due to drought; not more than a third of shipping for english ports able to obtain freight; flour price down to 10 dollars a barrel; severe malignant fever carried off nearly all the king's troops but had greatly subsided
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A gentleman arrived from Kingston, Jamaica, which he left on the 14th February, states that inhabitants entertain little hopes of arrangements for relaxation in non-intercourse with the United States. Their crops of sugar and coffee had failed greatly the last season in consequence of the drought. It was supposed that not more than a third of the shipping in the Island for English ports would be able to obtain freight. Flour, which had been up to 18 or 19 dollars a barrel, had got down again to 10. A severe malignant fever had prevailed lately at Jamaica, which had carried off nearly all the King's troops, but at the time of the gentleman's leaving, had greatly subsided. Kingston papers of the 12th and 14th of February are received.