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Exeter shipwreck and fleet news from the coast and ports
Excerpt reports a boat with nine young gentlemen including a surgeon lost near Tor Bay with all hands perishing. It notes imports from Dunkirk of bricks, indigo, cambricks and a later export of gold to Holland. Dispatches mention Sir John Norris and praise for Argyle and Kennington, plus Spanish and French naval movements near Cape Finisterre and Gibraltar. Territorial letters describe Sweden's king confined by cold, Channel defenses, and local Irish and Dublin Row updates, including executions and crimes. Ongoing crop prospects and a dramatic local attack on witnesses are also described.
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Exeter
St. Mary Ottery
Torbay
Dunkirk
Holland
Galicia
Biscay
Jostice
Argyle
Kennington
Conde de Los Forres
War of the Line
N.S
Cape Finisterre
S.W
Princess of Wales
Gibraltar
Stockholm
Sweden
Carelsberg
Count de Horn
Waterford
Donovan’s
Mathew Heal
Kappergain
Gqll
Dublin
Simon Kergan
Galway
Stoney-Batter
Drogheda
Lisburn
Thomas Handcock
Bride
Philip Walker
Marrowbone Lane
Coffey
Walkee
Gowran
Kilkenny
Ned Darcy
Catherlough
Doran
Darcus
Carlow
Kellymount
Sir John
Caple-Creet
Jon
Mr. Buth
Mr. Bush
William Gore
Bsq
Watereford
John Norris
Lord Cathcart
Aaron
Isle of
Wighe
Fame Maanet
Joos Dold