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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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An extract from a letter dated August 22 from St. Thomas's describes an American captured by British 'sea robbers,' taken to Tortola, stripped of possessions, and interrogated. The vessel and its cargo, worth several thousand dollars, were condemned despite being bona fide American property, attributed to a treaty.
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"I have been so unfortunate as to fall into the hands of the brave and generous Britons, all as sea robbers. I was captured and carried into Tortola; where they stripped me of every thing I had, even to my linen; and I am obliged to borrow clothes. The Judge when he interrogated me, remarked that I had so fresh a complexion I must be an Englishman or an Irishman."
This is the conduct which Americans are subject to, owing to the treaty.
Oh Americans how have ye fallen!
The vessel alluded to and several thousand dollars the proceeds of her outward bound cargo though all bona fide American property, have been condemned.
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Tortola
Event Date
St. Thomas's August 22
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the vessel alluded to and several thousand dollars the proceeds of her outward bound cargo though all bona fide american property, have been condemned.
Event Details
An American was captured by British described as sea robbers, carried to Tortola, stripped of everything including linen, and had to borrow clothes. The judge remarked on the captive's fresh complexion suggesting he might be English or Irish. This conduct is attributed to a treaty affecting Americans. The captured vessel and its cargo proceeds were condemned.