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Masquerades in Petersbourg and News from Across Europe
Reports from Petersbourg describe Masquerades at noble houses including Count Golofskin and Prince Menzikoff, with celebrations for the Imperial Princess Elizabeth. News from Astracan details Major-General Mathuskin capturing Bachu after a naval siege, revealing strategic value for Derbent and Shirvan. Arrivals, departures, and shipping updates surface from Deal, Gravesend, London, Boston, and New York, with notices of court sessions, a murder-robbery incident in Portsmouth, and stock quotes.
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Petersbourg
Count Golofskin
Prince Menzikoff
Apraxin
Elizabeth
Bachu
Astracan
Mathuskin
Caspian Sea
Shirvan
Europe
Cronflot
Petershoff
Cowes
Capt
Smiter
Carolina
London
Charles
Neptune
Hester
West Indies
Chester
Dublin
John and
Mary
Lisbon
Deal
William and Mary
Read
Malaga
Yeoman
Antegoa
Grove
Bab
Virginia
Providence
Alicant
Pearson
Maryland
Dorothy
Mermaid
Scotten
Cork
King George
Scott
Diep
Chester River
Lotton
S. W. Deal
Ruffel
Guinea
Lamb
Robert and
Ruth
Leopard
Toy
Barbadoes
Wind S. W
Gravesend
Bedford
Madocuff
Offend
St. David
Mead
New England
Hagman
Molley
Townshend
Bradshaw
Hudson’s Bay
Pemrose
Ocober
Guildhall
Hicks
Portsmourth
Thomas Prideaux
Canto
John Watkins
Boston Gazette
New-York
Jamaica
Davers
Adventure
Guardia
Trinidado