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Court Orders Action Against Libels and Incendiaries
A 1731 document reports a plea to arrest authors printers and publishers of seditious libels including plays pamphlets and weekly papers. It details prosecutions, lists concerned individuals and notes naval movements with Sir Charles Wager toward Dunkirk and the Mediterranean.
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Chelsea
Monty
Craftman
Fog
Wefusi
Portsmouth
Sir Charles Wager
Charles Wager
Dunkirk
Mediterranean
Charles
Gibraltar
Pere Mahone
Duke of Dorset
Ireland
Cadiz
Ule. N.S