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Dreadful Naval and Trade Dispatch From Spithead to Lisbon
June reports from the Cornwall at Spithead recount a grand review with 20 000 men ready for action and Dutch Admiral guests dining with Sir Charles Wager. Letters from Gibraltar note fortifications and captive releases while Cambridge reports a violent hail storm. London to Glasgow trade ships and Wexford ships are listed, with arrivals and sailings across Irish and British ports.
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Jamaica
Fland
Cornwall
Spithead
Itheroth
Charles
George Walton
Charles Searles
Lord Vere
Lord Murcary
Gibraltar
Raf
England
Mequinez
Barbary
William
Gilpin
Thelefe
Canterby
Rowney
Dover
Winchelsea
Warey
Gackfond
Cambridge
Siingay
Carteret
Tember
Ireland
Britain
Holland
Charles Wager
Lisbon
Eorge Walton
Portugal