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Ship taken by a privateer and plunder aboard
Reports from New York and London recount a 209 ton ship seized by a Spanish privateer while bound for London. The vessel was stripped of goods, crew saved by a scooner from Barbadoes after 21 days at sea. Other items note port activity, public measures, and diplomatic moves.
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Newyork
Stephens
Barbadoes
London
Whitehaven
Dublin
Wood
Hale, Clark
Newgate
Duke Riperda
St. James’s
Quba Islands
South Sea Company
Carthagena
New Spain
Newgace
Lord Townshend
Westsminister
Hales
Brocker
Hale
Tryal
Spain
Windsor
Plenipces
Saxony
Poland
Great Britain
Denmark
Prufia
Holland
Porto
Pernambucece
Reio de Janiero
Lisbon
Barkely
Derry
Bermudas
West Indies
James
Dalton
Rhode Island
St. Christopher’s
Earl of Strafford
France
Mr. Finch
Sweden
Srcockholm