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Coast and Court: Robberies, Deaths, and Ship Lighthouse Plans
The item reports a highway robbery near Shooters Hill and other thefts, the deaths of Captain John Morrice and Sir James Mading, and political and legal notices. It notes Governor Johnston's recovery, the Bishop of Bath and Wells’s illness, a London bound traveler robbed, and a death sentence with reprieve. A plan to build a Lighthouse on the Flat Helms is described, with funding by shipowners and expected completion by summer.
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Barham Downs
Bottogn
Shooters Hill
Morning
South Lambeth
John Morrice
Old Mary
East India Company
Queen Square
Westminster
James Mading
Kingdom of Ireland
South Carolina
Johnston
Bath and Wells
Wells
Somerset
John Oliver
Windsor
London
General Hill
German-street
St. James’s
Worcester
Samuel Badger
John Wall
Thomas Percell
Joyce Wright
George Wall
Bridget Lewis
Ludlow
House of Correction
Montgomeryshire
Evan Hugh. Jones
Weman
Pooleail
Sir John
Price
Newtown
Joh Ree
John Burkley
Ifa Combe
Gallway
Canterbury
Christ. Church
Thomas Hill
E Q
Archbishop Peckham
Edinburgh
Taylor
Alloa
John M‘claren
James Smith
Duke of Gordon
Nairn
Campbell of Calder
Pembroke
England
Brodie
Lethen
Spyonie