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we came to an entry, as no vessel from 

 England was permitted to enter until that 

 period. We docked at Charlestown and 

 hauled up the ship. We lay quiet about 

 two months when we loaded the ship for 

 St. Sebastian 1 with cotton, sugar, indigo 

 and logwood. I had a fine passage of 

 twenty-seven days out. Off Cape Antonio 

 near Bilboa I was chased by a British 

 Frigate. Being near night, I got clear in a 

 squall by wearing the ship, and next day 

 I entered St. Sebastian blowing a gale of 

 wind. I lay four days in quarantine and 

 got a clean bill of health and hauled into 

 the mole. The place was occupied by 

 French troops and had a French govern- 

 ment. The second day after I entered the 

 mole it was hinted to me by Richard Bir- 



was suspended by proclamation of the President, so far 

 as it related to England. June 10 was the date set when 

 vessels from England might enter. 



1 Capt. Lamson has made a mistake here. He must 

 have sailed for St. Sebastian in August, 1810, and not 

 1809, as shown by extracts from papers quoted below. 



