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War news and criminal robberies flood London air
A late 18th century dispatch details guards escorting Highlanders to London and a Tower Court martial. Also report of privateers seizing ships near Oran, a Deptford Storeship engagement, robberies in Southwark and Drury Lane, and Admiralty notices from Ostend to Payta. Includes stock prices, bank updates, and a bridge lands lease auction.
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Eton College
William George
King’s College, Cambridge
Highgate
London
Barnet
Wade
Tower
Macpherson
Daniel Macdonald
Admiralty Office
Ostend
Woolwich
Flanders
Nanny
Webb
Southampton
Port-Mahon
Oran
Deptford
Dover
Piscatua
Ewell
Surrey
Southwark
St. George’s Church
Stevens
Drury-Lane
London Gazette
Anton
Canton
China
England
South Sea
Payta