Loss of the Swan ship of war off Waterford
The Swan schooner of war was lost with all hands, 125 aboard including Capt Macbride's new volunteers. A firing boat and transport tried to aid, but could not reach the wreck. Dispatches from Halifax mention ships safe from Quebec and prizes sent in, while reports from Jamaica discuss Admiral Pigot at Port Royal and movements of Rodney and Hood toward America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Waterford
Macbride
Haillifax
Hinde
Cork
Quebec
Halifax
Pig 1
St. Kitt’s
Montferrat
Nevis
Jamaica
Kesterday
Greyhound
Dunn
Plymouth
Rodney
Ville de Paris
Curgenven
Glorieux
Cadogan
Hector
Boucher
Ardent
Keppel
Caton
Fier
Jason
New-York
Rowley
Port News and Naval Updates From An Early 18th Century Ledger
Admiral Hood approves Pigot appointment amid conflicting reports on Capt. Asgill s fate. News from New York stocks the war council s verdict on Capt. Lipencott. Portsmouth letters note the Princess Royal 98 gun ship and a suspected Blenheim 64 gun ship en route. Lord Howe commands 34 sail ready for sea awaiting orders. Mourning rules for Prince Alfred explained. On the Guinea coast a Dutch fort siege ends with Dutch town burned and heavy Dutch losses. British casualties include many Black troops. East India House election favors Jacob Bosanquet over John Webb. Leeward Islands ships arrive. French privateer Artois captured by Hercules near Scilly. Tyrie to be hanged for high treason. General Fitzroy reports ill health. Colonel Gould departs Charlestown. Market figures and stock quotes follow.
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Etters
Yak Town
Cape Henry
Chesapeak
New York
Leeward Islands
Count de Graffe
Calais
Boulogn
Brest
Fitzherbert
Count de Vergennes
Joseph York
Brufels Gazette
Bourdeaux
Port-au- Prince
St. Nicholas Mole
de Vaudreuil
Botton
Aleady
House of C
Elsinore
North Seas
Rufsian
Wind S.E
England
Admiral Hood
Asgill
New-York Mail
Portsmouth
Princess Royal
Faulkner
Spithead
Downs
Lord Howe
Prince Alfred
Shirley
Guinea
Creve Cour
Africa
Thenemy
Duddale
Geatest
East India House
Dyettor
Grego
Jacob Bosanquet
John Webb
Mr. Bosanquet
Lancaster
Liverpool
Prince d
Fitzroy
Lord Southampton
Axminster
London
Gould
Charlestown
Long Ann
Bristol News Highlights from Aug 24 Harbor Arrivals and Local Elections
Maritime notices detail arrivals from Jamaica Ireland and Cork with ships like Mayflower and Admiral Kepp, plus cargo tallies and privateer actions near Plymouth. City council posts change with Henry Croger and Edward Brice becoming aldermen while Rowland Williams Blake and Weare join the Common Council. A Bristol Electors notice defends candidate Curtis as independent in Wells contest. Theatre opens September 1 and multiple marriages announced in Gloucester and Bristol.
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Bristol
Hotwills
Sir William
Oglander
Cotones
Hill
Cape
Coan
Haldda
Mir
Styleman
Ensay Seon
Miss Black
Mife Perring
Taylor
Jones
Tees
Jane, Hayward
Jamaica
Ireland
Agraiv’s
Liverpool
Jose
Hence
Admiral Kepp
Boyd
Cork
Draper
Oates
Dublin
Friendship
Ronaldson
Sw Patrick
Roche
Kinsale
Walp
Bowen
Africa
Cafar
Neilson
Lewis
Elizabeth
John
Youghall
Arriv
Padstow
Plymouth
Beaufort
Coleman
Waterford
Chepstow
Betty
Quebec
Henry Croger
Henry Mugteworth
Edward Brice
St. Thomas Ward
Charles Hotenkin
Rowland Williams
William Blake
William Weare
Alderman Farr
Alderman Magleworth
Alderman Hotchkin
City of Wells
Curtis
Curt15
Theatre-Royal
Painswick
Glocestershire
Robert Foote
Boughton Malherb
Kent
Anne Yate
Robert Dobbins Yate
Charles Norsis
Gracechurchreto
London
Gunning
Marshfield
Glocester
St. James’s Church
Thomas Watkins
Gutheridge
Monmouthshire
Judith Taylor
St. James's
Redcliff Church
Mr. Dunbar
Sophia Cooke
Isaac Cooke
Failemaker
Marriages and Deaths in Bath and Surrounding Areas
A chronicled issue lists Thursday marriage at St James church Capt Brown and Miss Fletcher in Stokes Croft. It notes multiple deaths including Frances Dodson Quaker speaker at Bishop Auckland and Miss Anna Maria Butts Bath daughter of Dr Butts. Additional items cover robberies, shipyard accidents, drownings, a murder, impresed men, harvest reports, and a dramatic explosion at Merksham with a man surviving after intending to blow up a prison yard.
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St. James's Church
Capt. Brown
Fletcher
Stokes, Croft
Bishop Auckland
Cumberland
Frances Dodson
Maccraken
Maryport-street
Perrin
Currier
Broadmead
Gay-street
Bath
Anna Maria Butts
Dr. Butts
Dove-street
Hickes
Redcliff-street
Coopey
Guinea-street
Blacker
St. James's Church Yard
Morgan
Bath and Wells
Pill
Marines
Kingroad
North Wootton
Sherborne
David French
Frome
Somerset
Woolverton
Cutt's Bridge
Reade
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Britol
Worrau
Ann Rogers
John Rogers
Boar's-Head
College-Green
Tulband
St- Nicholas Church
Manchester
Marseilles
Wiltshire
Lyme
Merchant-Taylors-Hall
Broad-street
Matthew Brickdale
BrarsTor
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
Taylors Hall
Prince’s Street
James Dutton
Efgg
White-Lion- Xn
Corn-street
Herefordshire Society
Hereford
Assembly
St. Nicholas Church
AL Moe
William Garlick
Haskins
Gar Lick
Pelican
St. Thomas-street
Joseph Wood
Clareftree
Exchange Coffee House
Cornwall
Mr. Hillshouse
Lloyd’s
Exchange
Insurance
Berry and Sever
Henry Davey
Pipping
N. B
Marc-Leafe
Whitehouse-Leafe
Henbury
Wmn. Mallard
WilLiam Fara
Eoward Daniel
Brittol
Richard Peters
Rendvf Hill
N.B
John Conner
Paris
Dorchester
Thomas Farenet
Ann Goldney
Castle-Green
Orange Valley
Mra Hillhouse
Durdham Down
Westbury Road
Blackmoor
Downy
Newgate
John Shornway
Thomas Harvey
Marlborough
Calne
Wilts
John Ball
John Cotton
Charles Cooper
Merksham
Souhernwood
Meiktham
Altho
Winchester
Tyrie
Duxster
Sanigel Tiltton
Eaton
Dee
Gobur
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