Encounter with a French Privateer, Etc.
Document 1798A French privateer began firing on a ship off the shore of this island. Some passengers managed to get to shore on a boat while others swam ashore. People on shore fired muskets at the Captain who very narrowly escaped. A boy was cut three times on his arm by a cutlass.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
A French privateer began firing on a ship off the shore of this island. Some passengers managed to get to shore on a boat while others swam ashore. People on shore fired muskets at the Captain who very narrowly escaped. A boy was cut three times on his arm by a cutlass.
Date
07/28/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Curacao
Document number
1798072880001
Page start
1
Note
Largely illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
B. H. Philips
passengers
captain
boy
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Curacao
Hague
Notable items
French Privateer
18 articles from a treaty done at the Hague
boat
cutlass