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Militia Augmentation and Maritime News From Europe and Caribbean
Reports from Versailles speak of a grand council on European affairs with the Duke of Orleans and princes present. Jockeys in Ghent bought 4600 hordes for remounting French cavalry. A Scarborough Indiaman bound for Bengal recently sailed. Prisoners tried at the Old Bailey included a man indicted for murder and others sentenced to transportation or hard labor. News items also note privateers, ship arrivals, and a theatre program in London.
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Rochefort
Versailles
Europe
Duke of Orleans
Marchals
France
Paris
Ghent
Crowle
Navy
Hull
House of Commons
Foache
Cornhill
Mitsorfey
Hotfey
Carghna
Scarborough Indiaman
Westcoat
Carter’s Dock
Bengal
Deptford
Gravesend
Arthur
Vaughan
Firesides Watton
Thomas Lace
John Lace
Charles Steel
Edward Pernell
Barnet
Daniel Field
Justice Haffel
Newgate
Lancaster
Elliott
Philadelphia
Barbadoes
Lyon
Recovery
Coates
Suttle
Howard
Chester
London
Falmouth
Chas
Holland
Carolina
Jamaica
India
Hill
Oporto
New York
Daily Advertiser
Ryith
John
Susannah
Billingsgate