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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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An American seaman, impressed into British navy at age 14 in Calcutta in 1789-1790, served 24 years on ships including Bellerophon and Albion, discharged destitute in India six months after peace, recently arrived in Baltimore; native of Calvert County, Maryland, with brothers in city.
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BALTIMORE, NOV. 1
An American seaman recently arrived in this city, who was impressed from the ship Canton, of this port, while at Calcutta, in India, in 1789 or 1790, when fourteen years of age; having been detained in the British service from that time until about six months after the peace, a period twenty-four years, when he was discharged, while in India, and left to gain his native country as he could, in a destitute situation.
He served on board the Bellerophon, Albion and Diadem ships of the line, the Lord Duncan frigate, and several other vessels, and occupied the bloom and vigor of life in the service of Great Britain. He is a native of Calvert county, in this State, and has brothers residing in this city.
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Baltimore
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Nov. 1
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detained in the british service for twenty-four years; discharged while in india about six months after the peace, in a destitute situation
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An American seaman recently arrived in this city, who was impressed from the ship Canton, of this port, while at Calcutta, in India, in 1789 or 1790, when fourteen years of age; having been detained in the British service from that time until about six months after the peace, a period twenty-four years, when he was discharged, while in India, and left to gain his native country as he could, in a destitute situation. He served on board the Bellerophon, Albion and Diadem ships of the line, the Lord Duncan frigate, and several other vessels, and occupied the bloom and vigor of life in the service of Great Britain. He is a native of Calvert county, in this State, and has brothers residing in this city.