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Admiralty actions and European dispatches from the era
Reports from the Admiralty detail the Hawk Sloop being commissioned under Lieutenant William Henry Bruce, plus multiple naval appointments and victualing orders for the fleet. Letters from Venice, Paris, and Vienna discuss ambassadors, court decisions, and dynastic negotiations, while crises in Jamaica, Rio de Janeiro convoys, and privateering near Martiquico unfold alongside British political moves and court injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troria
Board of Admiralty
Deptford
William Henry Bruce
Venice
Konli Kan
Constantinople
Persia
Paris
Don Philip
Edinburgh
North America
Jamaica
Admiral Vernon
Chaloner Ogle
Hampton Court
Charles
Earl of Buse
Scotland
Order of the Thistle
Earl of Orkney
Wetham
Sackville-street
Burlington Gardens
Sc. Alban’s
Windsor Castle
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Lisbon
Omer
France
Airady
Parisi
Ratisbon
Great Britain
Britannick
Palatine Vicaria
Co. Hientols
Hadover
Bis
Edward Bate
Royal Regiment of
Welth
Earl of Waldegrave
Winchester
Smith
Pool
Otean Mean
House of Commons
Cojoncil
John Law
Law
Fig
Harrison
Lorcemar
Irelands
Windham
Woolwich
Flemming
Greenwich
Hutton
Mary Gulley
Cockburn
Great Beefhanger
Kent
Salmon Morrice
West-Indies
Marti
Kerr
Audley-Street-Chapel
Pasily
Roxburgh
Berlin
Hungary
Stockholm
Biron de Gylgalticna
M. Beftucheff
Ain Thomas
Wallelgpl
Sebastians
Watson
Ahoves
Lown Lai
Sieeebig
Mountsbay
Naeples
Ponseda
de Eteniy
Kensington
Strafford
Ansteacker
Regiment of Foot
Indant Getig
Meher
Pindia
Din
Qosen