English Privateers Triumph Off Georgia In Plausible Victory
An English privateering effort reports capturing two Spanish privateers and a transport, driving ashore a king's ship, with 130 English sailors against 600 Spanish land forces. The letter lauds Captains Flowers and Rouse, notes cowardice of the South Carolina fleet, and recounts a translated Spanish account from Augustine detailing a thus-far successful Georgia expedition.
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Spain
Flowers
Rouse
Rouse, Without the Jeaft Herbarton
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
America
St. Simon’s Fort
Powers
Guiana
Sam, &c
P. S
Newport
Nore
Augustine
Havanna
St. Simon
Port News Note on Ships at Downs and Arrivals
Deal grain and naval update with the Fox and Greyhound Men of War remaining in the Downs alongside Medway Dover Lyme Greyhound Serpent Bomb. Arrivals include Eliot Payne St Quintin Barker from Zant Mary Galley from Leghorn Anne from Virginia Berry from Philadelphia. Dover reports London from Virginia Minehead Galley from Leghorn Owners Goodwill from Yarmouth for Portsmouth.
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Deal
Fox
Greyhound
Downs
His Majesty
Medway
Dover
Lynn
Lyme
Serpent
Arriv
Eliot
Payne
Barker
Zant
Mary Galley
Hill
Leghorn
Anne
Virginia
Berry
Budden
Philadelphia
Wind S
London
Newham
Gibraltar
Goodwill
Lacy
Yarmouth
Portsmouth
Rumors of New Grandsets and Court Notices in London
London spectators hear that the island assembly in the West Indies settled on a larger grant than expected, while debates over national dignity continue. Notices report appointments, a creator’s death, church livings, East India Company hires, a court case in Acton, Spanish captures near Gibraltar, naval movements, and stock prices at the close, with theatre listings and weather/market notes accompanying.
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London
General Assembly
West Indies
Earl of Orford
James
Lottery Office
Oswald
Deceas
Harp-Alley
Ballard
George Bracegirdle
Taplow
County of Bucks
Lincoln
Talbot Lloyd
Countess of
Micklesfield
Daniel Wicker
Acton
Newgate
Juttice Bever
Sarah Smith
Hammersmith
Henry Heron, Bart
Prince of Orange
Spithead
Gibraltar
Algizare
Liverpool
Alvizare
Banks
Boya
Carolina
Biddeford
Plymouth
Burrows
Barbadoes
Scilly
William
Walker
Cape Clare
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Covent Garden
Macbeth
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Rhodeland
Ord
Sanderson
Biull
Gualquini
Dore
Oglethorpe
Havanna Snow
Philip
Ireland
Dublin
Saintfield
Lowne
Nicholas Price
Litburn
Chester
Benjamin Whittle
Penzance
Vernon
Ball
Viana
Milford
Betsey
Evans
St. Kitt’s
Pool
Supply
Smith
Lifton
Dartmouth
Charming Molly
Wovlcote
Diamond
Cawley
Laverana
Newfoundland
Archibald
Rogers
Whitwood
St. Mary
Cacoral
Alicant
Hibernia
Cumberford
Hedges
Cagliasa
Metlina
Ranger
Lawfaon
Fenwick
Jefferson
Port Mahon
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
Ndia
Royal Exchange Assurance Books
Ditta
India
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