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Fractured Letter and Shipping Notices from 1731
The fragment includes a harsh public rebuke and defiant response to a rival, dated August 30, 5731, with notes on ships and arrivals at Plymouth and London harbors. It records arrivals from Corunna to Jamaica, Lisbon, Virginia, and Barbados, plus stock prices and local notices in London and Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Eagle
Tonkin
Corunna
Lovel
Lisbon
Lean
Mary
London
Painter
West Indies
Wind N. W. Dartmouth
Alvingtov
Brighthelmston
Attick
Rebecca
Huntable
Clovelle
Milford
Culm
Liverpool
Fowler
Virginia
Jackson
Antigua
Davis
Stockholm
Pool
Pearl
Kilner
Sligo
Peirce
Jamaica
Deal
Solomon
Hamburgh
Dealcastle
Hester
Baker
Nevis
Jensy
Wickham
Barbadoes
Crawley
Clark
Mermaid
Crawford
Jobs
Judith
Rogers
Wind
W. Gravesend
Sarah
Lane
John
Robert
Brady
Petersburg