Jamaica letter warns sugar planters face ruin from taxes and drought
A Jamaica letter warns that drought and sea losses threaten sugar production and Jobs. It cites data from North America about fleet misfortunes and warns that new duties could ruin British sugar plantations and push planters to leave the island. It notes the Countess of Yarmouth’s illness and a possible spring royal visit, with port news from Dover Deal and Portsmouth.
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Famaica
Port-Royal
North America
America
Musquito Point
England
Altho
General Accommodation Hinted for Flanders War Likely
Yesterday's Mail from Flanders reports Pate ERS from London urging a quiet accommodation yet warning that failure would make Flanders the war seat this campaign. The letters claim our troops remain in English pay as we face jeopardy on Great Britain’s account.
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London
Flanders
Great Britain
Lent Affices circuit appointments and naval movements
London reports outline the Lent Assizes circuit for Norfolk and neighboring counties with hearings in Aylesbury Bedford Huntington Cambridge Thetford and Ipswich. It notes the appointment of John Earl Pauglet as Custos Rotulorum for Somerset and movements of the Second Regiment of Foot Guards and Royal ships under Admiral Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norfolk
Juttice Wilfis
Juttice Burner
Bucks
Aylesbury
Bedfordshire
Bedford
Huntington
Castle of
Cambridge
Thetford
Suffolk
Ipswich
John Earl Pauglet
Somerset
George Doddrington
Foot Guards
Duke of Newcastle
John Norris
Spithead
Admiralty
England
Gibraltar
Chichester
Boyne
Matthews
Jamaica
Bristol
Benjamin Wingfield
Death of John Chatfield in Seething Lane apoplexy
In London yesterday John Chatfield a Porter for the East India Company collapsed and died from an apoplectic fit while displaying china at No Four in Seething Lane. The notice includes stock prices and banking rates from London and Greenwich Hospital alerts for contracts and notices to suppliers. A North Mail post-boy robbery near Stangate-Hole offers reward. police pursuit urged with a two hundred pound bounty and royal pardon on conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary
Salup
Litchfield and
Covegiry
John Chatfield
East India Company
China
Seething Lane
Greenwich-Hospital
His Majesty’s Royal Hospital
Greenwich
Saliers Hall
London
Huntington
Stilton
Stangate-Hole
Durham
Hull
Botton
Falkingham
Lincoln
Homcastle
Louth
Spalding
Stamford
Bourn
Peterborough
Biggleswade
Geo, Shelvocke
General-Post-Office
Staling Place
Turnham-Green
Exeter
Plymouth
Aton
Oxford Road
Alt
Geo. Shelvocke
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Yarmouth
Wendt
Tarbeene
Jast
Persia
Thomas Kouli Kan
Sophi
States- General of the
United Provinces
Germany
Port News
Dover
Arriv
Hayes
Sania Cruz
the Addington
Kitcherman
Withrington
Allen
Amity’s Blessing
Hall
Braganza
Lyon
Happy Grove
Chapman
Loftey
Lisbon
Charles
Allingham
Virginia
Neptune
Foot
Pegasus
Paderson
Cape Tare
Deal
His Majesty
Easst-India
Leck
Maryland
Swansey
Charming
Molly
Kelly
Leghorn
Cowes
Mary
West
Carolina
Catherine
Philadelphia
Mary Pink
Zant
Phenix
Weston
Kinsale
Cork
Hanover
London Bridge
WestKlay
India
Sna India
Royal Hospital
Salter
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