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Royal pageant and court dispatches in early London postings
Royal events at Richmond include the Prince of Wales and two princes taking the Air in Chaifes and a Cabinet Council on affairs. Reports of a Geneva letter on Charles Churchill’s death, appointments, and a Guard case. Jamaica letters warn of Spanish cruises threatening British trade and the Guinea market with the South Sea Company. Market recaps follow with quotes from Kingston.
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George
Ganon
Windor
Godiard
Prince of Wales
Duke
Richmond
Earl of Chesterfield
Hagte
Lervers
Geneva
Charles Churchill
Plymouth
Earl of Auburnham
Darcy
Foot Guards
Hide Park
Charles Wills
Bath
Ruffel
Guise
Putney Common
Wicks
Greenwich
Kennington
Cripplegate
White-Chappel
Sc. Clement's
Southwark
Ormes
Mill Bank
Hockenhall
Tower Hill
Joseph Bevill
Goodman's Fields Playhouse
William Ogborne
Bridewell
Portorico
Dursley
Admiralty
Spain
Porto Bello
Honourable
South Sea Company
Prince William
Great Britain
Indies
Guinea
Brétannick
Porterico
Piratica
Guarda la Costa
Thas
Garda Ia Costa’s
Benjam
Kingston
Jamaica