Massachusetts Mercury. No. 31, Vol. XIII

Boston: printed by Young and Minns, Tuesday, April 16, 1799. 20 " x 12½ ", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding. An account of a French ship firing at an American ship in the harbor of Curracoa (French forces invaded Curaçao a year later) in which ten men were killed and wounded; a letter defending President Adams, news from the Secretary of War, American naval intelligence, marine diary, marriage & death annoucements, new publications, woolen goods at auction, patent medicines, ship news (with cuts), public notices, a wet nurse recommendation, and usual ads (some with cuts). Item #59213

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