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Letter on smuggling abuse and Irish-English tensions
An Irish sailor recounts mistreatment aboard a Royal Navy vessel at Deptford, detailing Collier the Irishman’s brutal punishment for alleged smuggling and the coercive pressures to sign over wages. The writer urges justice and laments English Irish tensions, appending port news and climate notes from London and Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deptford
Carolina
James Color
Myelf
Cooper
Collier
London
Yarcint
Kingston Upon Hull
Jack Addles
George
Old England
Aremyr
Lisbon
Teresal
Figueiro Dos Vinhos
St. Clare
Terragem
Maria de Sylva
Basquerena
Portugal
Abbeville
Amiens
France
England
Paris Gazette
Spain
Paris
Duke de Frias