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Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 24, 1782

Page

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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.

ST. Foreign Affairs Petersburgh Russia Paris Mr. Vaughan Jamaica Earl of Hotel de Modene Jacob-street Comte de Vergerines Versailes Boston Antilles M. de Vaudreuil 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.

Waitesall William Catchmayd Monmouth Mary Chester Knowle Glocester Gwinnett Admiralty-Office Melcombe Mr. Stephens Cape Clear Dogger Bank Flushing James Pile Pigot Leeaward Ilands Stephens St. Jobn’s Road Antigua St. Lucia St. Pierre 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.

Samuel Elwick Westbury Wilts Iaac Barre Lord Tempie Ireland Duke of Portland Phoenix Park Devon Exeter Dennys Rolle Viscount Courtenay George Yonge T.D. Ackland R.parke J. W. Pole J. Parker 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.

Sussex Suffolk County of Lord Cornwallis England Wales Leeward Islands St. Kitt’s Admiral Drake Jamaica Cape Francois New York Charles Town Lord Shelburne Admiralty Office Deal Leeward Island Downs West Indies Leeward-Island Welch Tonyn St. Augustine Liverpool Savannah Georgia Carleton Leslie Hall Hull Petersburg Norway Naton Humber Scotland Lord Howe Spithead France Congress

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