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Watery Accounts and Naval Moves From Jamaica to Europe
Fragmentary 18th century news notes describe Jamaica, Carolina, and American trade, with mentions of hemp, flax, and wool growth. a projected royal departure from Hanover. naval actions, prizes, and troop movements. appointments for Holland and England. executions in Kingston. engraver Vandergucht’s death. gifts to the Queen of Proffin. Georgia trustees. Admiralty promotions. South Sea Company debt talks. customs revenue. Dutch affairs at The Hague. royal family weddings and Godparents. and the Middlesex ship arrival from Bengal amid broader empire news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Christophers
Jamaica
Parbadoes
Carolina
Flanover
Africa
Alicant
Domitz
Thomas Hales
Board of Green Cloth
Balladine
Uther
James Eckersall
Philip Potts
Thomas Symonds
St. James’s
Somerset House
Greenwich
Kingston
Edward Lunt
John Vandergucht
Clare Market
Berlin
St. James’s Street
Proffin
Colony of
Georgia
America
Viscount Tyrcousel
Viscount Lymerick
Lord Baltimore
Richard Gilbert
Corporation of Liverpool
John Byles
Roger Meredith
Matthew Decker
Abraham Elton
Hans Sloane
Baronets
Gilbert Heathcote
Joseph Eyles
John Gonfon
John Scroop
John Page
William Peirs
William Heathcote
Samuel Tuffnell
John Croffe
Rawlinson Earl
Efgrs
Archibald Hutchinson
Charles Dubois
Charles Joye
Thomas Rogers
Thomas Rundle
Lords of the Admiralty
Channel
West Indies
South Sea Company
Excise Office
Haguey
Duke of Kent
St. James’s Square
Easl
Harold
Wales
Witcoctt
Limerick
East India Company
Middlesex
John Pilley
Bengal
Thomas Hardy
Jerusalem Chamber
Westminster Abbey
Churchill
la Hogue
Campbell
Sutton
Prince of Wales
Marquess of Carnarvon