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Diplomatic and Naval Dispatches from Jamaica and Europe
Reports from Jamaica note ships safe to the River. the Samuel remains missing after August, while convoys depart for London. News from New York cites a Spanish privateer and a captured Boston sloop. Elections, court appointments, and gruesome executions are reported in London. Letters describe military movements across Europe with plans for an Emperor’s election and mass troop orders. Privateers in Jamaica gain wealth but risk lifestyle perils. General Oglethorpe and Georgia defenses are mentioned amid ongoing colonial conflicts. Observations include storm wrecks, port arrivals, and preparations for expeditions to the Caribbean and St. Jago de Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Indies
London
Jamaica
Blandford
Samuel
Crockat
Greenwich
Golph
Florida
Carolina
New England
Order of the Garter
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor
New York
Tork
Boston
Willer
Roth
Probyn
St. James’s
Exchequer
John Comwyns
Baron Wright
Reife
King’s Bench
Thomas Abney
Dewel
Surgeons Hall
Newgate
Eleanor Mumpmng
Fiid Dewell
Whitecross Street
England
Turky
Leghorn
New-York
Maryland
New-Jerseys
Pennsylvania
St. Jago de Cuba
Madeira
Philadelphia
StKiv’s
Oglethorpe
Georgia
France
Fort Chagce
Veranon
Earl of Walde
Grave
Dover
Brancee
Great Britain
Séreer
St. Sebastian’s
Port-Passage
Margate
Ferrol
West-Indies
Porto-Bello
Aatigad
Bogland
Frodos
Winchester
Alsace
Sorrain