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Treasure and fleet movements in Atlantic and Mediterranean
Long extract details British naval actions and movements across the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Reports mention Admiral Vernon’s squadron near Cartagena, merchant ships arriving at Gibraltar, the Mermaid privateer encounter near Naples, and various transports and troop camps at Hounslow and Windsor. Also notes about Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Portobelo defenses, plus private letters from Paris and Boston on ongoing tensions with Spain and France.
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Cartagena
Gibraltar
Portmahone
Mediterranean
James
Falmouth
Naples
Messina
Canada
West Indies
England
Cape Briton
Barbadoes
Jamaica
Robert Henley
Bare
Eleanor Wirefaip
Admiral Vernon
Porto Bello
Panama
Hounslow
Charles Wills
Lord Marker
Duke of Montague
Honeywood
Rich
Campbell
Barrel
Pulteney
Peers
Handasyde
Newberry
Wade
Earl of Pembroke
Hawley
Kere
Cadogan
Harrison
Handafyde
Wetham
Lord Cavendish
Col
Bland
Paris
Markh
Great Britain
Spain
M.de Budly
London
South Carolina
Chat Province
St. Domingo
Charlese Town
Bosten
New England
Davis
Bay of
Honduras
Woodbury
Boston
Holiday
Gulph
Truxilla
Quarry-hill
Tunbridge
Sirah Beescher
William Creake
John Lade
Western Mail
Cuito
Lisbon
Thames
Portugal
Fergalz
de Carga
Anne
Lowntend
Liverpool
Africa
Calabii
Anola
Durell
Princessa
Prince of Wales
Mitchell
Fellowes
Robert Fracy
Tewsbury
Gloucester
Boors Place
Sunbridges Place
Kent
John Hyde
Woble
Hydes
Brotther
Strode Hyde
Elizabeth Pink
Concord
Oxford
Norway
Humber
Constant
Prigate
Fame
Genias Joseph
John
Sarah
Brance
Wight
Prince Cherbatov
Carina
Holland
Hanover
Charles the
Jay
William Hill
Civita Vecchia
Majorca
Hardwick
Offspring
Malaga
Kerrol
John Norris
Portsmouth