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Awake to French- Dutch ties and naval news, 1739
The correspondence discusses earnest pleas for friendship between Britain and the Republic at The Hague dated October 13 1739. It notes naval movements with Byng porting to Barbadoes and Warwick pending Jamaica voyage, Gunpowder accidents in Bier Lane, Admiralty reshuffling Captain Warren, regimental quarters shifts, and a London obituary. It also covers the Lord Mayor's squib ban and East India Company protections, while reporting Dutch military promotions delayed by Friesland and Groningen resistance and ongoing Assembly deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fagel
His Majesty’s Navy
Scipio
Portugal
Portsmouth
John Byng
Barbadoes
Portland
Hawk
Greenwich
Wyndham
Jamaica
Bier- Lane
Custom House
Board of Admiralty
Warren
Mitchel
Tower
Savoy
Middlesex
Westmintster
Southwark
Westminster
London Bridge
Dunford
London
Dolly Cibber
Lauren
Maurice Green
Devil Tavern
Temple-Bar
Spurrier
Hudson’s Bay
Peter Soleguard
Berwick
Hon
East India Company
Admiralty
Hague
Friesland
Groningen