Action of the Santa Margarita over L Amazone in 1782
News from the London Gazette reports Captain Salters engagement with the French frigate L Amazone, 36 guns, 301 men, off Cape Henry. Santa Margarita, after a hour and a quarter duel, claimed victory but abandoned the prize to avoid larger French squadron, with 4 officers and 64 men taken prisoner at New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeset Digby
North America
Stephens
Salter
Santa Margarita
Eton
Cape Henry
Cabie
L’amazone
Vicomte de Montguidte
Viscount de Montguiote
Chevalier de Lepine
C. Elliot Salter
Wm. Dalrymple
Tho. Archer
Wm. Winkle
James Bailey
Tho
Rees
Mr. Otto
Vicomte Montguioté
Gazan
M. Olrtie
Chev
de Lepine
la Ville Berno
Deguitten
New York
N.B
Thornton Wins Southwark Seat as Adair Loses Bid
London report notes Henry Thornton elected with 978 votes to James Adair 388 after Adair declined the poll. Thornton was hailed in various parishes. Admiral Lord Rodney reached Albermarle Street with Lady Rodney en route from Portsmouth amid rising stocks. A Paris banker reportedly boosted funds by half a million through a Dutch agent, while news from New York describes Captain Lipincot and Washington seeking satisfaction over Captain Huddy’s death. A French fleet of 14 ships was sighted on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adair
Southwark
Henry Thornton
James Adair
Thornton
Albermarle Street
Lord Rodney
Bristol
New- York
Loyalists and fleets move amid war news and prophecies
Reports from New York and St. Lucia describe ships carrying 200 soldiers from Saint Domingo headed for secret expeditions. Intelligence notes Admiral Pigot, Sir Guy Carleton proposals to Loyalists, and ongoing naval actions around Sandy Hook, Leith, and the Baltic. Letters recount a hurricane off the Dutch coast, the Cromwell heir's birth, and Loyalist concerns as independence advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
St. Domingo
Admiral Pigot
Sandy Hook
Franklin
New- York
Congress
Guy Carleton
New York
Dalrymple
Gunning
Chamberlayne
Lion
Chatham
Warwick
Argo
San Margaritta
Amphitrite
Admiralty Ofice
St. Lucia
New-York
Halifax
Leith Road
Resolution
Baltic
Isaac
Bailie
Elizabeth
Huntly
Tortola
Streaker
Merriton
Barbadoes
Dover
Draper
Landege
Cardiff
London
Land’s End
France
Endeavour
M’donald
Albion
Glasgow
Juan Negromuzeno
Gallando
St. Anderg
Havannah
Holland
Texel
Moutray
Royal George
Admiral Kempenfelt
Ad. Kempenfelt
Oliver Cromwell
Nicholas Lane
Cromwell
Plymouth
Lord Howe
Lord Holland
Scilly
Great Britain
America
Europe
Great-Britain
Lottery Tickets and Official Shares at Cornhill Office
Purchasers are advised that the original Ticket remains with the Commissioners of His Majesty's Stamp Duties. Shares and tickets are sold in many numbers at the office on low terms, with a record of large prizes paid in past lotteries. Also noted are marriages, appointments, and bankrupts in the public notices section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barnes Pearce
Cornhill
Mar
Alexander Lord Loughborough
the Common Pleas
Miss Courtenay
Lord Viscount Courtenay
John Cox
Taunton
Maria Pope
Bishop’s Hall
Somerset
Bath
Thomas Jelly
Grefley
Nigel Gefley
John Baker
Blakehail
Essex
Lady Aubin
Clowance
Cornwall
Thomas Wodehouse
Norfolk
Sarah Campbell
Pembrokeshire
William Phipps
Lincoln’s Inn
Richardson
Tho. Dalton
Carisbrook
Newport
Northwood
Isle of Wight
Jefferson
James Junod
Frith-street
Daniel Stanley
Snowhill
Tho. Murray
Knightsbridge
Wm. Catcot
Bristol
Rath Tavern
Tho. Bland
Sheffield
Joseph Beaumont
Almondbury
Yorkshire
John Cartwright
Gracechurch-street
William Witton
Tooting
Surry
Anthony Fearon
New-inn Buildings
Wych-street
Taylor
John Haydon
Droitwich
Schmoll, Beeckman and Co
Corn Street
Exchange
Stamp Office
London
A& of
Parliament
ScHstotv
GLOCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY MEETING ACTIONS Bristol 1782
In Bristol on September 14 1782 the Glocestershire Society committee reviewed accounts and named Mr Richard Haywarp treasurer for the year. The society allocated funds for 126 pounds to aid 120 lying-in women natives or wives, with portions to local Bristol residents. 100 pounds to apprentice four Bristol boys and six in the county. Conditions on country boy recommendations and trial periods were established with limits on subscriptions and parish participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Haywarp
Glocestershire
Studh
Bristol
St. Philip and Jacob
Bitton
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Gazette
Apmiralty
R. DE LA Main
Cooper’s Hall
King-street
Somersetshire
Tickenham
Naillea
Clevedon Moors
Bargum
Barrett
St. Augustine’s Back
George Hart
Brown Medicinal and Stationary
Christmas Street
Peter Henry
Turlington
Steers
Griffin
Ward
Rowley
Hickman
Bayley
Lowther
Glocester Journal
Bath Chronicle
Marlborough
Glocestershire Society
RaisToc
Auchon
Keyntham
R. Pygel Mead
Durley
Redmore
Mita
Culver
James Bullen
Richard Dowdell
James Harris
Messis
Osporne
Seager
Bread-street
Burren
Glamzier
Temple-Street
J. Bonbonous, Boker
Eake
Bride-lane
Fleet-street
T. Cocking
Small-street
Crutweft
Raikes
Glocester
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