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Fragmented Overseas News From a Turbulent Era
A long letter reflects anxiety over imprisonment and release prospects for Spanished prisoners, noting 41 English ships captured by privateers and frustration with merchant payment. It recounts a privateer action off Tortuga and Shoreham’s engagement, plus reports of Admiral Vernon near Cartagena and Porto Bello, with weathered updates on privations and military moves in the Atlantic theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enland
Sally Snow
Bristol
North Carolina
Adwife
Oglethorp
Fort St. Auastine
South Carolina
Shoreham
Boseswen
Tortuga
Lord Walpole
Ganpowder
Warren
Wolwich
Duke of Montague
Charles Wager
Vere Beauclerk
Leis
Holland
Vernon
Carthage
Naples
Sicily
Wiéwand
Rober Rich
Norfolk
Windsor
Bais
Admiral Vernon
Porto
Bello
Se. Battacia
Casthagena
Jamaica
Porto Bello