Sovereign loosens Moscow estates mining and weapons trades
July 19 Petersburg report notes landowners may mine gold and silver on their estates paying only the ordinary tenth and royal mine rights are relinquished. Empress allows powder and weapons fabricators to trade and export with standard duties. Paris Aug 5 report mentions English negotiators in Versailles and Boston letters say Vaudreuil’s fleet blocks Chesapeake while Washington moves toward New York.
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Antilles
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Chesapeak
Washington
New York
Monmouth man gainsGwinnett surname and arms
Royal license grants William Catchmayd of Monmouth and heirs male the surname Gwinnett and the arms of Gwinnett under Mary Chester's will. Naval extracts recount captures near Cape Clear and off Scilly in 1782, including the French sloop Le Fertse and the Dogger Bank with prizes taken. Officers Melcombe, Moutray, and Pigot report actions in the West Indies and off Britain.
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Martinico
Tobago
Appointment and Irish governance notes and naval incentives
Samuel Elwick is named Deputy Receiver and Paymaster General of the Guards Garrisons and Land Forces by the Right Honorable Iaac Barre. Lord Tempie becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland with plans for government. The Duke of Portland suffers a broken collarbone after a fall in Phoenix Park but is recovering. Devon county nobility meet to boost seamen recruitment for the fleet offering two guineas per seaman and one guinea per landman plus weekly family allowances. several prominent subscribers pledge funds including Dennys Rolle Viscount Courtenay Sir George Yonge Sir T D Ackland and others.
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Dennys Rolle
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George Yonge
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J. Rolle
H. A. Fel
Naval fund schemes and Jamaica news dominate a late 18th century issue
The Cornwall high sheriff calls a September meeting to discuss voluntary seamen subscriptions amid broader plans for a 74 gun ship, a 28 gun frigate and a Norwich drive for 50,000 to build fleets. Reports from Jamaica St. Kitts and Savannah detail troop movements, evacuations, and fleet arrivals as Britain eyes naval reinforcement and suppresses French advances.
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