When was it published?

September 6, 1803 in The New Hampshire Gazette

Foreign News September 6, 1803

The New Hampshire Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

First Consul, Citizen Emery, Duke Of York, Napoleon Bonaparte

Q: What keywords are associated?

Dunkirk Welcome, First Consul, Mayor Emery, Keys Of Town, Duke Of York, 1793 Siege

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

On July 14, First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte entered Dunkirk, where Mayor Emery presented him with the city's keys in a ceremonial welcome, referencing the town's resistance to the Duke of York in 1793.

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When the First Consul entered Dunkirk on the 14th July, citizen Emery, the mayor, at the head of all the constituted authorities, assembled under a tent elegantly ornamented, waited for him at the first exterior barrier, and addressed him in the following terms :

"What happiness, citizen First Consul to place you in this part of the country. The public joy is complete.--I come to offer you, citizen First Consul, the keys of the town. I offer them with pride, for I refused these keys when mayor of Dunkirk, in 1793, to the Duke of York, when he came to besiege us with 40,000 men, and to expose before our feeble ramparts, his military career. The inhabitants of Dunkirk, by their courage, concurred to expel the English from these Shores. -The inhabitants of Dunkirk have not degenerated : a brave people are the more worthy of receiving a hero. Our country and Napoleon Bonaparte are our shouts of rallying.--Receive, citizen First Consul the homage of our love and our respect."

The First Consul replied, that the keys of the town of Dunkirk could not be in better hands than in those of the distinguished mayor who presented them --that the attachment of the inhabitants was already known to him, and that he congratulated himself on being among them.

What sub-type of article is it?

Political Royal Event

What keywords are associated?

Dunkirk Welcome First Consul Mayor Emery Keys Of Town Duke Of York 1793 Siege

What entities or persons were involved?

First Consul Citizen Emery Duke Of York Napoleon Bonaparte

Where did it happen?

Dunkirk

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Dunkirk

Event Date

14th July

Key Persons

First Consul Citizen Emery Duke Of York Napoleon Bonaparte

Outcome

ceremonial presentation of the keys of dunkirk to the first consul by mayor emery.

Event Details

The First Consul entered Dunkirk on the 14th July and was welcomed by Mayor Emery and authorities under a tent at the exterior barrier. Emery addressed him, offering the keys with pride, recalling refusing them to the Duke of York in 1793 during a siege by 40,000 men, and praising the inhabitants' courage in expelling the English. He hailed Napoleon as a hero. The First Consul replied appreciatively, noting the keys were in good hands and expressing his pleasure at being among them.