| Title: | Extract of a letter from Cork |
|---|---|
| ID | 3880 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1771-80/35 |
| Year | 1777 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | unknown |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cork, Ireland |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re commercial conflicts |
| Source | The Londonderry Journal & General Advertiser, Tuesday, May 6th, 1777 |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9909033 |
| Date | 25/04/1777 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:08:99. |
| Word Count | 167 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | DUBLIN, May 3 (London on Dublin 85-4ths Exch. (Dublin on London 73-4ths Extract of a letter from Cork, dated April 25, 1777. "This day a disagreeable piece of intelligence came to hand, that four strong American frigates are cruizing [cruising?] off Cape Clear to intercept the fleet from hence to Quebec." Letters from Antigua, dated Feb. 14 mention, that the Hungerford, with a fleet of about 50 sail of vessels from Corke [Cork?], laden with provisions for New York, had been obliged to put into that place, after being several times blown from the coast of America. The claim of the English frigate to the American prize, the Aurora, lately carried into Liverpool, was tried in the Admiralty Court; London, and given in favour of the four sailors who took her; it having appeared in the course of the trial, that the frigate had not given any assistance for at least 24 hours after the English sailors had become masters of her - Her cargo contained about 416 [hogsheads?] of tobacco, was sold at the Commissioners warehouse, Liverpool, duty free on Monday the 28th ult. for inland consumption only. |
