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NYWJ.748.012
5 Sep 1748:22 (768)
Extract of a letter from Capt. Freeman, of the Bethel
Frigate in Newfoundland, to his owners in this town.
St. John's, Newfoundland, August 1. 1748. . . [2 columns
describing taking of a ship of Spanish register]
At 12 at night was along side, when after a serenade of
French horns, trumpets, etc. demanded from whence she came,
and whither bound? when after a few equivocations allowable
in such cases, as pretending to be from Surinam for Holland,
etc., she answer'd she was from the Havanna for Cadiz, at
which we gave them a chear, and order'd her boat and Captain
on board immediately. [19 more lines]
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