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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A letter from Demerara dated January 28, 1787, received in Providence, reports a Dutch ship enforcing new trade laws that condemn goods like coffee, cotton, and sugar worth over 100 guilders, imposing fines and halting collections except for scarce rum, affecting American supplies to planters.
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PROVIDENCE. March 8. A letter from Demarara, dated January 28, 1787, received by a gentleman in this town, has the following paragraph:—
“A ship is just arrived from Holland, with orders from the States of Holland and the West-India Company, to fit out small vessels to guard the coast, and she lays in the mouth of the river, to search vessels—and any one that has to the amount of 100 guilders in coffee, cotton and sugar, the goods are condemned, and 300 guilders fine upon each hogshead or bag—so that these new laws stop entirely the collection of all kinds of produce except rum, and that is very scarce. I do not expect to sail until the last of February, except something new turns up in favour of the Americans, which is daily expected.—The Governour and leading men are all planters, and cannot long subsist without the American supplies.”
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Demarara
Event Date
January 28, 1787
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goods condemned if over 100 guilders in coffee, cotton, sugar; 300 guilders fine per hogshead or bag; collection of produce stopped except scarce rum; expected relief for americans
Event Details
A ship from Holland arrived with orders from the States of Holland and West-India Company to fit out vessels to guard the coast and search ships; new laws impose fines and condemn goods, halting trade except rum; writer expects to sail late February unless changes favor Americans; governor and planters depend on American supplies.