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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Capt. Makins of brig Jane reports in Philadelphia a Virginia-bound brig's captain sighting a boat of six piracy victims from a schooner off Cape Henry four days prior.
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Thursday at Philadelphia, gives the following information: that on Tuesday last he spoke a brig from Virginia bound to London, the Captain of whom informed him, that about half an hour before, there had been alongside a boat, with six persons on board, who told him they had been taken four days before by a schooner pirate, off Cape Henry. The wind blowing hard Capt. Makins could not understand what vessel they belonged to; but the Captain of the brig informed him the boat was about five miles distant, in search of a vessel bound in.
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Philadelphia
Event Date
Tuesday Last
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six persons taken by a schooner pirate four days before; escaped in a boat seeking a vessel bound in.
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Capt. Makins of the brig Jane, arrived Thursday at Philadelphia, spoke a brig from Virginia bound to London. Its captain reported a boat with six persons alongside half an hour before, who said they were taken four days prior by a schooner pirate off Cape Henry. Due to hard wind, Capt. Makins could not identify their vessel; the boat was five miles distant.