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Maritime Dispatches and Court News From May Day Movements
The May day report records ships arriving and sailing from Gibraltar toward Georgia with notes on captains Newham Langdon and Whiting. It mentions a duel in Hyde Park between Irish gentlemen Dalby and Johnson, a possible Deputy Teller appointment for John Lawton, and fleet movements under Admiral Haddock in the Mediterranean. Royal progress and illnesses are noted, including hospital stays for the Lady Montagu and public baptism plans for a prince. Reports from Dublin cover the Masons Grand Lodge installation of new officers and local business notices, with insolvency print requests for debtors’ relief filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wer
Franshaw
Gibraltar
Georgia
South Carolina
Newham
Langdon
Whitaker
Whiting
Earl of Lincoln
Lord Windsor
Kensington
Hyde Park
Dalby
Mr. Johnson
Ireland
John Lawton
Samuel Edwards
Exchequer
Haddack
Mediterranean
Lady Montagu
Robert Montagu
Vackvile Street
Prince of Wales
St Jamies’s Square
Charles Radcliffe
Earl of Derwentwater
Tower Hill
Calais
Brofels
Sundon
Cleveland Row
St James’s
Angria
Bengatk
Bengatk: Capt
Jenkins
Harrington
Banetslas
Hubbard
Antigua
Downs