Oliver, Robery Dudley, ?-1850 [Bloackade of Long Island Sound Confirmed]

GLC02978.27

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
1813/12/11
Author/Creator
Oliver, Robery Dudley, ?-1850
Title
[Bloackade of Long Island Sound Confirmed]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Copy of a letter from Captain Oliver, a senior British officer in the Long Island Sound, to Don Thomas Stoughton, the Spanish Consul in New York. Informs Stoughton that a British ship called the Valient was off New London, Connecticut, and orders were in place to blockade the Long Island Sound, effective 6 December 1813. Asks that the intelligence be communicated "to the other neutral consuls in your district." Message dated from the Philadelphia Gazette and originally from the New York Gazette of 9 December 1812.

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