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100,000 lbs. of coffee by the schooner Ocean, to the ad dress of the said Von Kapff & Brune, but which M r . M ' F a d e n , also merchant at Baltimore, has r e t a i n e d at the same price T w o bills of exchange, drawn by Messrs. D ' A r c y , D o d g e , & Co., favor of Mr. Bunel, which have been remitted to the said Von Kapff & B r u n e . . . E x p o r t duties, at 2s. 6d. per pound, upon 841,000 lbs. of of coffee, here -
$12,121 19
16,000 00 12,742 47 130,681 83
H a s deducted for so much the hands and revenues amount of the cargo of said deceased paid into Henry . .
taken by the late Grogan, from of Von Kapff & B r u n e , for the the E a r l Bathurst, and by the the general treasury of Cape . . . -
Interest of this sum at 74 per cent. Total debt
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14,444 44
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116,237 39 8,717 80
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124,955 19
Since not only the objects, which had determined the sending of these funds, have been detained in the United States, by the said Von Kapff & B r u n e , and Mr. M ' F a d e n , but that the said funds have been unjustly de tained there, notwithstanding that the various measures adopted by his S u p r e m e Highness to this day have proved abortive, and especially by the unprofitable voyage of Mr. Marple, merchant of this city, citizen of the United States, commissioned for the execution of this business, think ing it just, to employ such means as are in his power to seize again his property, especially when it is thus deceitfully retained, notwithstanding what is considered most sacred amongst men, his Supreme Highness has decided upon the following procedure, which is truly repugnant to his heart and policy, but which is the only resource which remains to recover t h e property of his state. . Wherefore, his Supreme Highness has convoked the American mer chants established in this State, in order to declare the American property which was found in their hands, and to make a just detention of it proportionably to the said debt, for its maintenance and preservation. On this account, the American merchants hereafter designated have made the fol lowing report, viz: T h e r e is in the hands of Mr. John Myers, accruing from the cargoes of the the schooners Concorde, H o p e , Sally, and boat Alert, $32,203 89 M r . William F r e n c h has the proceeds of the schooners Mariner, Betsey, Leopard, and Centurion, 12,181 30 M r . H a m e r Gaskell has for part of the cargo of the ship John of Baltimore . . . . 768 74 M r . Vilton has proceeds of the cargo of schooner F a n n y , 1,886 07 M r . Mathew Olrien has the cargoes of the schooner Ma r i a , of Philadelphia; of brig Venus, of Boston, Captain N a s h ; and what is due to Mr. John M ' F a d e n , together 21,745 02