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Harvest Troubles Prompt Corn Export Debate in Naples and Sicily
Reports warn harvests are very poor and export bans may follow. The Lord Viscount of Ireland sails to Barbados, Portsmouth fortifications get upgrades, and a new powder magazine is built. Whale captures by South Sea ships raise hopes of a strong fishery this year. Rosters of pensions, Swiss colonization plans, and Georgia’s future policy appear alongside royal travels, naval budgeting, and odd anecdotes from London streets.
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Naples
Sicily
Kingdom of Ireland
Porel
Barbadoes
Popen
Hte Orince
Kensington
Prince of Wales
Portsmouth
John Armstrong
The
Ordnance
South Sea Company
Greenland
Larchibald Hamilton
Mercury
Davis
Streights
Chelsea
Garifons
Plymouth
Paris
Spain
Oran
Vienna
Salizburg
Aulick
Parry
Switferland
Carolina
Savannah
Peter and James
Calais
Parrysburg
Georgia
Bngland
Prussia
Lombard Street
Vine
Thames Street
Tottenham
Cockpit
Whitehall
Highgate
Walthamnstow
Essex