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Winds Shift as Ships Pass By and Officials Dine
A late summer scene unfolds with ships passing by the Algarve and St Malo routes, notable visits by the Earl of Chesterfield and Lord Viscount Falmouth, a royal banquet at Bridewell Hall for hospital stewards, and a drowning incident at Mackney River. The piece also notes a marriage prospect involving John Rivers of St James's and Miss Bowen of Hampshire, plus drill and muster details of the Blue Regiment and local governance actions in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem and
Bridewell
John Barnard
Thomas Enwyn
William Morris
Peter Cock
George Wellam
Edward Upper
Elgis
Deputy Vincent
Langley Hill
Joshua Hinton
Ryley
Dod
Mingay
Bridewell Hall
Alderman Parsons
Alderman Child
Hollings
Pall Mall
Mead
Hulse
Broxon
Earl of Chesterfield
St. James’s Square
Whitehall
Lambeth
Greenwich
William and
Windsor
St. James's Park
Keene
Spain
Evans
Clapton
Mackney
Jeremy's Ferry
John Rivers
St. James's