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Difference of Captains and Planters over Freight News
Report on the St John Evangelist arriving at Dover from Madeira after 31 days bound for Holland, with news of Majesty’s ships Tilbury and Defiance sailing from Spithead to join merchant convoy for the West Indies, plus Admiralty protections granted to merchant men and legends of naval efforts and quarantines amid broader European war news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Evangelist
Moksham
Madeira
Dover
Holland
Magery
Tilbury
Defiance
Spithead
West Indies
Hanover
St. James's
Admiralty
Lyon
Norris
Serter
Leghorn
Barbary
Gibraltar
Portrachon
Genoa
Marseilles
Alpiers
Minorca
Mediterranean Sea
Cagliari
New Fland
Sardinia
Corsair
Hague
Angus
Margquis de Fenelon
States General
France
America
Anglia
Pen River
Pofferlon
Hid Majesty
Navy
Ufe
His
Royal Navy
Amsterdam
Great Britain
Admiral Norris
Lord Cathart
Commodore Anson
Lord Cathcart
Spain
Cadiz
Cuba
M. Warner
Councellor
Amelia
Carolina
Louisa
Clement Cottrell
Hungary
Segedin
Turkey
Lisbon
John Norris
C. Ferour
Southwark
Ter
Portsmouth