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London and Portsmouth News From August 13 1702
The excerpt reports miscellaneous 1702 items including a drowning incident near a river, a husband saving his wife who dies, a man leaping from a wall to aid, local dockyard orders at Mejella’s, royal hunting in Richmond Park, political moves in Liege and Berlin, Admiralty commissions for warship captains, curiosities of a street performer in London, condemned goods sale at the Custom House with tea and brandy prices, and various commercial imports and exports.
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Portmouth
Richmond
Keasington
John Cecile
Teiwithiel
Pohows
Principality of Liege
Berlin
Yisk
Board of Admiralty
Prince of Wales
China
Che
Faid
Cuba
Hibernia
Trinity-House
Yarmouth
Marquis of Montandre
Jerusalem
Stafford Thire
Pitney
Wales
Custom House
Geneva
Excise
Keahingeon
Col
Fert
Royal Welch Fuziliers
Kew Green
Sabine
Portugal
Gibraltar
Sagta-Cruz
Hassburgh
Narva
Petersburgh
Holland
Africa
Carolina
Smyrna
Koali Kan
Sophi
Persia
Lisbon