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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 26, 1782

Page

3

British Fleet Reports Delays and Atlantic News Update

Adverse winds delay Lord Howe and relay reports of ships in port. Elliot’s squadron prepares for sea while Jamaica convoy and Gibraltar shipments move. Privateers Neptune and Neptunepacket taken, West Indies fleet gathering at Brest for November voyage. Letters from France detail Jamaica fleet, and New York reports discuss independence, Sir Guy Carleton, and destruction of French ships near Boston. Extras from Pigot fleet describe 26 ships of line, 7 frigates, and 8000 troops at Kings Bridge with Washington’s army nearby.

Admiralty Lord Howe Gibraltar Pegase Europe Elliot Spithead Cruize Jamaica Secretary of State France Neptune Scott Bengal England Mons. Suffrein Grantham East-Indies Orkneys King George Fowler Hudson’s Bay Brest London Philline Waterford George Manley Bourdeaux Rochelle Falmouth Edward Allanson St. Lucia Hoylake Scilly Charles Town Guy Carleton M. Post New-York Southampton America Congress Calais Dieppe Havre Joseph Beeton Lynn Staten Island Mc. Pigot New York King’s Bridge S Mall Washington White Plains Boston le Magnifique le Triumphant Magnificent Halifax Lyon, Chatham, &c Prince William Digby

Fleet health report and marriages amid voyage notes

The letter notes Lord Hood’s delicate health after an accident on Jamaica bound voyage aboard the Prince George with the fleet in high spirits and well victualled. It mentions returns expected by late October and friends at St Lucia by late November. Also records several marriages and local notices, including church couples in Woodstock and Dorsetshire, plus stock and lottery details from the day’s market.

Prince George Lord Hood Jamaica St. Lucia Mr. Mavor Woodstock Ann Harris Loughborough Winchwood Forest Oxfordshire Marshall Dorsetshire Henry Talbot Stower Provost Ann Hiley William Hiley Uptony Pool Hudd New-King-street Bath Barton-street Glocester Blanch John Blanch Bat Countess Morton Bateman Lisle Baronie Ranne Geo. Paul William Draper Tracey Bland Thomas Nelson Pringle Osborne Snow Moore Cork Favorite Reed Antigua Beerhaven Union Reynolds Dublin Catherine Mucket Waterford Elizabeth Welch Tortola Arriv’s Flaherty Providence Williams Ae Barbadoes Hope Smoady Lion Steele Bristol Falmouth Polly Clive Newfoundland Duke of Chandos Miller Madeira Entierre Court Dean Dispatch Lant Loyalty Belial Ralkke Dantzick Peggy Owens Glory Benson Nancy Morris Stadt Burgge Vernum Nichols Andy Grave Barbadoes CoasTers Morsris Chester Four Sisters Baynon Plymouth Liberty Corbet St. Ives Rose Davis Cardigan Rodney Carmarthen Joseph London Lymington Grace Ellis Scilly Martha Sinnot George Taylor Hams Freedom Lloyd Milford Endeavour Lewis Swansea Faélur Greenfield Stevens Ilfracombe Portreath Dennis Sally Moyse John Moon Padstow Fields Blythnock Speedwell Newton Phenix Hawkins Wasp Bowen Africa Chambers Langley Cape Clear Buccaneer France M‘donnough le Marquis de Fayette Boston Vibrillia Lear Quebec Truro Hamley Coombe Lord Rodney West-Indies Wm. Evans Badgeworth Somerset Bath and Wells Bawdrip Chedzoy St. Nicholas Church Thos Taylor High-street Hester Saunders Stoke’s Croft St. George's Church Isaac Matthews Long Lower Batton Smith Humphreys Frenchay Robert Gregory Clareham Ann Isaac Montacute St. James's Church Wm, Chick St. George’s Martha Bryant St. James's Laycock Wiltshire James Singer Westbury Leigh Jane Taylor Notten William Ball Stokes. Croft Ann Taylor Wilts Port Antoniny John Groves Hotwells James Charles Lancashire Ann Johnson Frog-lane Ben Johnson Jamaica-street Walters Duke of Cumberland King-street Tho. Berjew High- Street Chew-Magna Willoughby Henry Willoughby Joan Hart Montague-street the Excise Cannon-street Shaw

Bristol News Roundup Highlights Ship News and Local Happenings

Many ships enter Bristol and outward bound vessels report engagements with privateers. Public notices praise the new magistrate and anticipate Lord Rodney’s civic visit. Local marriages, deaths, and cultural events fill the week with pantomime, concerts, and a Vesuvius painting exhibition drawing attention.

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