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Militia officers' commissions issued as secrecy spills
Dublin reports commissions for militia commanders issued with haste while rumors swirl of Admiral Vernon taking Carthagena in America and Spanish privateers challenging British ships off Land's End. News notes Hill arrives with traders, Norris and Ansor fleets sail with Cathcart forces, the Warship captures a privateer. Rev Crow dies. Lord Mayor seizes 260 barrels of bale goods bound for export.
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Dublin
Addhiral Vernon
Carthagena
America
Virginia
Cutafee
Hill
John Norris
Ansor
Lord Cathcart
Spain
Chace
Lands End
Portsmouth
Mr. Crow
Baldwin Crow
Ely
Sheriffs
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