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Fortifications at Dartmouth and naval dispatches in 1740
Notices describe repairs at Dartmouth fortifications with military stores from the Ordnance Office, Pembroke Prize damaged and sent to Portsmouth Dock for refit, and Jamaica reports of French and Spanish squadrons gathering. The piece lists local marriages, deaths, church appointments, a sinking barge near Twickenham, and stock market updates with ship arrivals and theatre listings.
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Dartmouth
Ordnance Office
Pembroke Prize
West Indies
Portsmouth
Jamaica
Speed
Eyre
Winchester College
Edward Standen
Arborfield
Berks
Moorfields
William Cockayn
Sherlock
Sarum
Edmund Auberry
Norwich
Brimhill
Wilts
Rtev
Fountaine
Windsor
Waterland
Twickenham
St. Mary’s
Dunkirk
Virginia
Carolina
Dublin
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Henry IV
Covent-Garden
Goodman’s Fields