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Royal Naval Salutes and Diverse Notices From 1734
The piece notes the fleet saluting with 21 guns and returning 19, Sir John Norris hosting a Britannia banquet for fleet captains, and various local items including counterfeit coins and goods from Philadelphia. It reports deaths and drownings in Dublin plus mortality tallies and a public lottery drawing plan for five thousand pounds with interest to cease after June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Norris
Britannia
Excise Office
Custom House
Pinchbeck
Mayesy
Samuel
John
Waugh
Philadelphia
Pen
Thomas Jecken
White Lyon
Cornhill
Fhey
Paris
Lewisa Francisca
Mademoiselle du Maine
Lewis Augustus of Bourbon
Duke of Maine
Blood Royal
France
Bath
Amelia
Stanislaus