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Royal appointments and wartime dispatches reported abroad
From France we learn Major-General Ligo pier is named General of the Danish and Hessian Troops in British service. Advices note Admiral Vernon at Carthagena, privateers near the Isle of Wight seize ships, and transports bound for Port Mahon now ready for Jamaica. Reports from New York speak of wheat export bans to aid fleet needs. York and Jamaica gossip of continuing military movements and quaran tine changes. Memorial from Ginckel and response from the Prussian king discuss Silesia, Vienna, and urging peace amid Austro-Venetian tensions. Britain, the States General, and Amsterdam press for a settlement.
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Ligopier
Great Britain
France
Santa Martha
Carthagena
Vernon
Port Mahon
Jamaica
South Carolina
New York
Philadelphia
George Bean
Hamburgh
Board of Excise
Smithfield
aScore
Hadley
Stewart
Port-Royal
Lynn
Cambridge
Rudesking
Rudeskin
Pyte
Abraham
Isaac
Sarah
Rebecca
Jacob
Rachel
Leah
Lords of the Treasury
Richard Nicholl
Leominster
Hereford
John Pallmer
Antigua
Loons
Col. Dalyell
Poole
John Norris
London
John
Baron de Ginckel
Pruffia
Jane
N.S
Hindiford
Battain
Gould
Hungary
Bohemia
Sigo
Bheede DE Ginckle
Prufan
Earl of Hindford
Britannick
Ge Mightinesles
United Provinces
Netherlands
Breslau
Silesia
Vienna
Hexas Baron de Ginckel
Vienna Hertelf
Beisannick