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Tuesday 6 August 2019

American schooner Catharina en Joanna was plundered by South American privateer according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 15 August 1818

An item dated New York, USA 11th July reported close to the island Cuba that the schooner Catharina en Joanna was plundered by a privateer of Carthagena. The schooner was underway from St. Thomas and the USA. Around 6.000 dollars was stolen, mainly property of a French passenger. The waters around Cuba were harassed by privateers although by the journalist called pirates and he wished that the US navy took measures.