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Turbulent Atlantic notes of dispatches and crime
The day's items mix colonial trade reports, piracy incidents, and local crime. News from Bombay describes Angua the pirate clashing with Dutch ships. a Dutch post from Lisbon mentions a gold laden fleet. parliament discusses justice qualifications and a three percent dividend for Barking England proprietors. a Dublin forgery case ends with ear severing.
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Valencia
Oran
Daft
Vicary
Breton
Barbary
Alicane
Wales
Surrey
Elanters
Jamaica
Turkey
India
Carolina
Portugal
Madera
Lisbon
Bay of All Saints
St. Patrick
Ireland
Knights Companions of the Garter
Henry Davenant
Brussels
Margaret
Walter Newberry
Gracechurch Street
Willian Chiselden
Bombay
Heathcote
Angua
Persia
Surat
Stair
Port Mahon
Mino
Anne
Lord Raymond
House of Peers
Ockham
England
George Reobinson
France
Thompson
East Indies
Rais
Dubl.i.n
Jones
Loughboy
William “Aldrich
Thomas Wilkinson