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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On November 3, Captain Doubleday arriving in Boston from Jamaica reported that British instructions to the governor prohibit further trade with the United States, angering Jamaican merchants who must now obtain lumber from Nova Scotia and grain, cattle, and horses from Canada.
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By Captain Doubleday, from Jamaica, we received papers to the 27 of September; they contain nothing very material. -- Capt. Doubleday informs, That two days before he sailed, an express arrived there from England, with positive instructions to the Governor, prohibiting any further commerce with the United States of America, which the mercantile interest of that island were highly displeased with, as they were in future to be supplied with lumber only from the flourishing government of Nova Scotia, and grain, cattle and horses from Canada.
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Jamaica
Event Date
November 3
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prohibition of commerce with the united states; jamaican merchants displeased; future supplies of lumber from nova scotia and grain, cattle, horses from canada.
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An express from England delivered positive instructions to the Governor prohibiting further commerce with the United States of America, received two days before Captain Doubleday sailed from Jamaica.