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Port Town Gossip and Shipping News From 1732
A dense 1732 London excerpt reports on court affairs and ill-health among nobility, ship losses and arrivals including Cadogan and other vessels, prices of perpetual annuities, and a royal pardon reward offer for a mail robbery. It also notes the death of several officials, weather, and stock summaries alongside court notices and a postal robbery alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Grevembrock
Elector Palatine
Countess de Montconecil
Fae
Marchioness de Courtreavaux
Hon. East India Company
Cadogan
Saunders
Downs
Fort St. George
Angastlas
Cape
St. Helena
Sir Charles Peers
Alderman
General Post Office
London
Gloucester
Bristol
Abingdon
Hay
Bath
Wantage
Llandovery
Chippingham
Farringdon
Brecon
Caln
Northleach
Haverfordwest
Marlborough
Leachlade
Denbigh
Newbury
Highworth
Cardigan
Hungerford
Cirencester
Caermarthen
Ramsbury
Pembroke
Reading
Tewkesbury
Swanzey
Henry
Ledbury
Usk
Maidenhead
Rodfs
Neath
Windsor
Hereford
Caerdiff
Froome
Leominter
Abergavenny
Devizes
Prestein
Monmouth
Nottlebed
Stroud
Wallingford
Landeilo