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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Captain Metson of the Philadelphia ship snow Dickinson arrives from Bristol after mutiny by mate and crew off Portugal, diverting from Nantes to England; vessel detained for government inspection. Amsterdam letter confirms publication of sensitive 1776 correspondence and signals for other captains.
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YESTERDAY Capt. Metson, late of the snow Dickinson, of this port, arrived here from Bristol, but last from the West Indies.-
He sailed from this place last February, bound for Nantes, but the mate, assisted by the crew, seized and confined the Captain on the coast of Portugal, and then altered their course for London; the southerly winds driving them into Bristol channel, they arrived at Bristol the 8th of April,
when the mate proposed to set off immediately for London with all the letters and papers on board for the inspection of Government. The vessel
was detained at Bristol till the determination of government concerning
her should be known.
Extract of a letter from AMSTERDAM.
"I am very sorry to confirm the report of a vessel from Philadelphia
to France being in Bristol. Mess. Bayard, Jackson, and Co's. letter of
the 13th of January, 1776, to Capt. Metson, is published in all the news-
papers of the 12th of April; and the villains have told of six other Cap-
tains that sailed with them on the same account, and the signals they are
to make at the capes of Delaware on their return."
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Philadelphia, Bristol, Coast Of Portugal, Nantes, London
Event Date
February 1776 To April 8, 1776
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Capt. Metson sailed from Philadelphia in February 1776 for Nantes but was seized and confined by the mate and crew off Portugal; course altered to London, winds drove them to Bristol on April 8; mate took papers to government, vessel detained. Amsterdam letter confirms publication of January 13, 1776 letter to Metson and details on six other captains and Delaware signals.