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Siege News and Court Notices From an Eighteenth Century Ledger
Public dispatches describe ongoing siege efforts at Cadiz with fresh battalions due, Admiral Wager’s coast operations, and potential peace or campaign shifts as France weighs terms. Reports include a murder arrest in London, parliamentary bills, and a Dublin address to King George amid military and political turbulence.
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Hitchens
Drury
Portmouth
John Norris
Plymouth
Wager
Spain
Cadiz
Ostend
Indies
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Commons
Henry Fitter
Newgate
W. Thomson
Darby Jnn
Southhampton
Mr. Darby
William Thornton
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Lincoln’s Inn-Gardens
Darby
Pater-Nofter-Row
Brafier
Bond-street
Lombard Street
Duke- Street
St. Jame’s
Fisher
Mr. Fisher