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Newspaper
Dublin Journal
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Aug 05, 1780
Page
2
Reports from Vienna to New York describe naval actions, privateering, and convoy movements. Indiamen, frigates, and prize captures appear amid discussions of peace plans, naval readiness, and strategic futures for Britain, France, Spain, and the Americas. The slip also notes political shifts in Britain and the death of the Countess of Hillsborough with implications for succession and Parliament.
From Cork dated August 3 reports a duel at the Lough between Mc Phair and Mr. Potter of the Navy. The Navy officer received a ball to the head and lies in critical condition with no hopes of recovery.
Fragmented OCR passage recounts ships privateering episodes, captures, ransom payments, and naval actions from 1780 with references to Mayflower, Captain Petherly, and Privaters off Waterford. It notes the Volunteer Company at Dunndalk and discusses Fort St Jaap, Vera Cruz, Granada, and the Lake Nicaragua region, mixing observations on discipline and military life.
A dense OCR snippet lists various stock items and financial notations including Augusta references, paper cent conFO 1764, India related entries, and several bond or note figures with varied denominations such as 3 per cent and tickets priced at 131.5s.4d. The fragment mentions Henk Brock and multiple indeterminate entries tied to 1778, 1764, and other years, suggesting a ledger or market summary page.
Postscript reports Admiralty dispatches from August 1780. Captain Garier while commanding the Buffalo took a prize captured by Captain Cottany. a ship sunk after a hit near Cherbourg with 80 men aboard. Captain Pole of the Hussar captured two French privateers, Le Jeune Lion and Le Renard, near Dunkirk. expeditions and Dijon rejoicing linked to events in America and Halifax, with speculation on Deriving operations against New York.
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