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Frolick Rumors and Wartime Moves From Georgia to Havana
Reports from Charles Town warn of a possible clash between Georgia settlers and Spanish forces from St. Augustine. An embargo blocks harbor vessels while a 1000 man sloop gears up for discoveries. Capt Warren in transit to Boston notes fleets assembling from Jamaica Virginia and New York as Havana fleet preparations loom. Taxes export, grain and coin movements appear, and political shifts unfold in London with appointments and diplomatic maneuvers amid protracted European power balances.
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Charles Town
South Carolina
Georgia
St. Augustin
Charles
Town
Warren
Squirrel
New York
Boston
Carolina
Jamaica
Virginia
Norris
New-York
Havanna
Antigua
London
Tryal
St. James’s
Canterbury
York
Duke of Argyll
Greenwich
Edinburgh Dale
Earl of
Orkney
Viscount Shannon
Portsmouth
Thomas Secker
Bristol
Warnner
Baron Pentenriedter
Vienna
Count Kinski
Westminster
Madrid
Barbadoes