| Title: | Letter from Passenger on Ship Iphigenia. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3911 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1790-1800/42 |
| Year | 1800 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | unknown |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | USA |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re passage |
| Source | D 2015/5/7: Presented by C.L. Davis, 59 Maryville Park, Malone, Belfast 9. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N.Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9809076 |
| Date | 29/07/1800 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:09:98. |
| Word Count | 107 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Transcribed from the Belfast Newsletter of 29 July 1800. Extract from a letter from a passenger in the Iphigenia from Belfast to Norfolk, Virginia : - We had a fine passage of 42 days from Belfast. On the 30th. May we were hailed and brought to by a French Schooner privateer of 14 guns from Guadeloupe. They sent two boats on board us full of men who broke up every package on board and took linens and other goods to the value of 3,000, not leaving a single article worth caring for. They also shamefully broke open the passengers packages and robbed them of their clothes. They had taken three prizes and put the crew of the sloop Hartford on board our vessel. The French took the letter bag and all the letters. |
