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Deep Sailing and Political Dispatches From a Turbulent Era
The communications recount a lost tender with Admiral Haddock and crew en route from Portmahone to Sardinia, feared enslaved by Barbary forces. A Ruffian Frigate arrives with rich cargo for the Czarina. News from Hamburg, Madrid, Paris, and Vienna covers diplomacy, wartime mediation, monetary decrees, and fleet movements, plus obituaries and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddock
Portmahone
Sardinia
Mediterranean
Hamburgh
Cyril Wych, Bart
Mae Jesty
Lower Saxony
Holstein
Lord Moulton
Anne Pierpoint
Duke of Kingston
Farnleys Ducket
Lisbon
Shoreham
N. S
Rio de Janeiro
Prince of Wales
Handafyde
Kennington-Common
Whitefield
Westminster
Bene&t
Paris
Spain
Vienna
Marquis de Villeneuve
Constantinople
Baron de Schemerling
Cardinal de Fleury
Warthy
France
Porte
Madrid
Naflzu Siegen
Wallis
Belgrade
aPare
Seckendorff
Konigreog
Count Meret
Prussia
Bergue and
Juliers
Ravenstein
Ravenberg
States General
United Provinces
Sultzbach
Healy
Tuscany