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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Eneces
Oeder
Faulkland
Dimond
Anthony Absolute
Jackson
Absolute
Browne
Lucius O’trigger
Rowbotham
Fay
Bonner
David
T. Blanchard
Payne
Acres
Keafberry
Julia
Bellfille
Theatre-Royal
Crow-street
Malaprop
Didier
Lucy Miss Summers
Lydia
Scrace
John Loverule
J. Brown
G. Summers
Cook
Blanchard
Jobson
Loverule Mills
Lettice
Summers
Nell
Vivant Rex & Regina
Pricter
Evan Thomas
Cutler
Union-Street
J. Cherry
N.B
Exchange Coffee-House
Clare Street
Messrs. Maddick and Co
Ossonnes and Sracer
Broad Street
J. Bonbonous
Auchon
J. Stephens
Bridge-Street
Tober
J Steparens
Houshold
J. S.tephewn
Mary Crew
Keynsham
Bath Road
Stidham
Downfield
Park Close
Keyntham- Hams
Keyntham
Mr. Palmer
John Ford
Gutch
Wells
Audtioneer
Bridgestreet
N. B
Brrarot
Weare
Swanton
Manag
Penn
Miss Brarn
Swanton and
Jane
Francis Hathy
Newport
Thompson and Hinks
Sea-Mills-Dock
Westbury-upon-Trim
Messrs. Osbornes
Sracer
E. Nichotts
St. Rocu
Duke de Crillon
Bay of
Catalonia
Hastings
Great Britain
Chancellor Pitt
John Wilmot
Parkes Cooke
the Treasury
Portsmouth
Ville de Paris
Glorieux
Ireland
Centaur
St. James’s
Lisbon
Streights
Kinsale
Leghorn
Mediterranean
Ocober