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IA.748.015
29 Aug 1748:21 (35)
Extract of a letter from Captain Freeman, of the Bethel
Frigate in Newfoundland, to his owners in this town.
St. John's Newfoundland, August 1, 1748.
. . . [23 lines, narrative of voyage]
P.S. The particulars in taking the prize as follows, viz. At
6 P.M. we made a sail, to which we gave chase as we were
standing partly towards each other, soon found her to be a
large ship, and she took in her small sails, &c. as getting
in a posture to engage us, but we not regarding that, she
soon made all the sail she could pack in order to run: we
having the heels of her, overhall'd her apace, and the
night, though very dark, was not able to conceal her from
our sight: at 12 at night was a long side, when after a
serenade of French horns, trumpets, &c. demanded from whence
she came, and whether bound, when after a few equivocations
allowable in such cases, as pretending to be from Surrinam
for Holland, &c. . .
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