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Letters and notices from Belfast and London 1740
A dated letter discusses breaches of the Treaty of Utrecht and calls for British naval pressure to defend trade, referencing Dunkirk, Ireland, and policy against France and Spain. The item then moves through local notices from Ballymena, Mallow, Cork and Limerick about fish, fevers, magistrates actions, a banker death, and shipping moves. The London section reports theatre, stock prices, and an election nomination appeal from Humphry Parsons, Sir John Barnard, and others to the livery.
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Dunkirk
Utretcht
France
Paris
Great Britain
New World
America
Spain
Spanish West Indies
Grand Duke
Tuscany
Spanish West-Indies
Ireland
Europe
Belfast
Ballymena
Robert Adair
Mallow
Cork
Limerick
Clare
Joseph Hoare
West-Indies
London
Vintners-Hall
Mednesday
Humphry Parsons
John Barnard
Rupert Goosenaert
Grerce Heathcors
George