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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Captain Perronet reports from Cape Francois that Toussaint marched from St. Domingo, captured small Spanish places, and besieged St. Domingo. Spanish priests invited him to view fortifications, but he planned to starve them out. French dispatches then appointed him Prefect of St. Domingo, urging settlement with the Spanish part.
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Capt. Perronet, from Cape Francois, arrived at New-York, informs, that Toussaint, on his march from St. Domingo had taken a number of small places from the Spaniards; but that on his arrival before St. Domingo, with his army, he was waited on by a body of Spanish priests, who gave him an invitation to accompany part of them into the fort, to view the fortifications, by way of convincing him that it was not in his power to take the town without carrying on-- leaving a part of those who were out, as hostages for the safe return of so he General.. Toussaint went with the deputation, viewed the works, and returned with a determination to starve them out. But in a short time, during the siege, Toussaint received by a brig in a short passage from France, dispatches from the French Government, appointing him Prefect of the whole of St. Domingo, with a particular request to settle all differences with the Spanish part of that settlement, and not to disturb them in future.
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St. Domingo
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toussaint took a number of small places from the spaniards; appointed prefect of st. domingo by french government with request to settle differences with spanish part and not disturb them.
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Toussaint marched from St. Domingo, took small places from Spaniards, arrived before St. Domingo with army; Spanish priests invited him to view fortifications, leaving hostages; he viewed and decided to starve them out; during siege, received French dispatches appointing him Prefect and to settle with Spaniards.