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Intrigue and naval news from Lisbon to Philadelphia
Long dispatches describe court alliances with Wallis and Neuperg, Genoa loan talk, and public calm under Queen Anne. In naval matters Captain Frankland captures a Spanish privateer near Dartmouth, with details of the prize and crew. Haddock’s squadron wins Cuban fortunes as prizes are freed. London reports new excise commissioners and piracy patrols, while Madrid notes charity for Pedley’s crew and the Marlborough gift. In Philadelphia the assembly dissolves without agreement, ending a tense day at the city’s gates.
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Wallis and Neuperg
Vienna
Republick of
Genoa
Paris
Corsica
Maillebois
Spinola
Europe
Marquiss de St. Hilaire
Dartmouth
Port Passage
Biscay
Sand
Frankland
Whitehall
Charles Polhill
John Fowle
James Vernon
Robert Eyre
Horatio Townshend
Thomas Robinson
Baronet
William.Barton
John Orlebar
Augustine Earle
Hig
Thomas Wylde
Madrid
Peddiey
Cary
Rhode Island
Lisbon
Philadelphia
Green
May
Hamilton
Holland Mail
Haddock
Gibraltar
Admiralty Office
Dutchess of Marlborough
Peddie
House of Commons
Royal Navy
Cato
Theatre Royal
Covent Garden
Gaps Peddie
Admiralty
Royalia Drury-Lane
Prince of Wales
Norfolk-House
Cheir
Ce Assembly