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Distressing Barbadoes Drought and Court News From London
Reports from Barbadoes describe severe drought with no rain for a long period. In London, Lord Viscount Garnock lies near death at Paddington, and news of a Swedish Danish trade accord with China surfaces amid royal letters to the Prince of Wales. Multiple dispatches recount naval movements, privateer actions, and European diplomatic efforts, including ambassadorial credentials and military orders affecting Georgia and Minorca.
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Prince of Wales
Land of
Barbadoes
Viscourt Garnock
Paddington
Sweden
Denmark
China
Earl of Essex
Counel
Regiment of Foot
Mortapoc’s
Ecle Prhey
Hague
Abilde
Duke of Newcastle
West Indies
Anstruther
Minorca
Vort-Mahon
Gibraltar
Georgia
Philip Snow
Steves
Porto Bello
South Sea Company
Charlestown
South Carolina
Prew
Havannah
Maaiid
Amos Wadland
New England
Kennichel
Jurnese Keys
Monteague
Gardiner
New-England
Honduras
Robert Walpole
Marquis de St. Giles
Spain
States General
Great Britain
Minster
Cadin
Costa
Republick
Paniaids
Madrid
Cartagena
Cadiz
Havanrat
Enlif
Port Mahon
Gibralar
Petersbourg
Nieper
Dhester
D’ Ortein
Constantinople
Vienna
Duke of
Lusiany
Hungary
Neuperg
Marthe
Vilna
Sologn
Milan
Sardinia
Sirravalia
Tortone
Luxembourgh
Meadia
Ormondy
Countess of Portland
Alary
Louisa
Stineberg
Hanover
Fames's
Baron Hartoffs
St. Fames’s