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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In L'Orient, France, a merchant reports on October 2, 1779, that owners of the American privateer General Mifflin, Capt. M'Neil, won a legal dispute against owners of the French ship Isabella over a recapture, valued at nearly 200,000 livres from sold sugars. The tribunal granted the privateer most-favored-nation privileges.
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"The owners of the privateer General Mifflin, Capt. M'Neil, may congratulate themselves on having gained their cause against the owners of the French ship the Isabella. This disputed recapture is worth to them near 200,000 livres, being loaded with sugars which we have just sold. The tribunals on this occasion, considered the American privateer as entitled to the privileges of nations the most favoured, and this indeed is the principle on which our tribunals act, in all cases in which the Americans are concerned."
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L'orient
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October 2, 1779
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owners of general mifflin gained the cause, worth near 200,000 livres from sold sugars; american privateer entitled to privileges of most favoured nations.
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Owners of the privateer General Mifflin won their legal case against owners of the French ship Isabella over a disputed recapture. The ship was loaded with sugars that were sold. The tribunals considered the American privateer entitled to the privileges of the most favoured nations, a principle applied in all cases involving Americans.