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on the fifth day of February last, loaded with coffee, dyewood, and specie ; bore for this port of Philadelphia ; and at eight o'clock, P . M., passed the lsle-a-Vache. At midnight, light winds and clear weather, they saw t h r e e sail of vessels astern ; made all sail from them ; the wind died away calm ; manned their sweeps, but they were of no service. About ten o'clock, they saw them man two boats, and about half-past eleven came up with them, and they proved to be Christophe's vessels of war, which made prize of them ; and the appearers, with some others of the H o u n d ' s crew, w e r e taken on board the admiral's ship, and, with the schooner, taken toGonaives, and their vessel sent from thence to Cape H e n r y , in said island of Hayti, where she arrived and was taken into Christophe's service for a vessel of war ; and the appearers were inarched across from Gonaives to Cape H e n r y , and there confined in prison for about nine months, w h e n they were released and came to Baltimore in the schooner E a g l e , Captain Daniel, and arrived here on Saturday, the fourtenth day of December in stant, and now desire to make their protest for the loss of the said schooner Hound and cargo, and required an act thereof of me the said notary which 1 have granted. THOMAS QUAIL. ROBERT HARPER. T h i s done and protested before me, the said notary. C L E M E N T B I D D L E , Notary Public. William Smith, s e a m a n , d e c l a r e d the fact herein stated to be true, but declined signing the same unless his wages w e r e first paid. C. B I D D L E , Notary Public.
CAYES, January
30,
1811.
Invoice of specie shipped by E d w a r d S. Mendenhall, on board t h e schooner H o u n d , Thomas Quail, master, bound to Philadelphia, for ac count and risk of Messrs. M. & William W u r t z , merchants, there and to them consigned. One thousand Spanish dollars - $1,000 00» Charges : E x p e n s e of shipping P a t e n t merchant commission, per cent. Commission,
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25 12 50 25 00 37 75 1,037 7 5
E r r o r s excepted. P r e m i u m to crown
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97 49
R e t u r n short property on $64 76
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1,135 24 3 56
A b a t e 2 per cent
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1,138 8 0 2 2 70.
1,116 10
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