Africaine Frigate Arrives at Portsmouth as French Cries Stir
Long despatch reports Captain Raggett’s Africaine returning from Chesapeak routes after two months at Hampton Roads. Deserters, disputed captives, and mob influence in America marred docking. naval pursuers chased a French squadron including Le Milan and four frigates toward Guadaloupe, with hope to regain captives.
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London
Raggett
Yenceday
Portamouth
Chesay Peaks
Erskine
Africaine
Hampton-roads
Jackson
The
America
Plymouth
Bilboa
Renomme
Loire
Guadaloupe
Sotheby
Carrie
Barbadoes
Europe
West Indies
le Milan
Portsmouth
Léire
Seine
Sweden Shuts Ports Against English Ships Amid War Warnings
Reports from Stockholm and Riga describe Sweden’s port exclusion of English vessels set to begin on the 15th with leniency for ships not yet loaded. British Rear-Admiral Pickmore plans to sail December 16, while Swedish fear of an English fleet grows in Carlscrona. News notes Commerce Treaty practices and Spanish political turmoil as Spain faces reform delays and leadership questions.
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Stockholm
England
Byaday
Siweden
Pickmore
Carlscrona
Riga
Petersburg
Russia
Sweden
Petersburgh
Fragmentary Russian Letter Signals Political Tension
A jumbled 19th century dispatch from Riga dated 21st October discusses English papers and vigilance under Romanzow. It notes shifting opinions in Petersburgh and London about Russia under Alexander, with references to sentiment, loyalty, and rising costs in a period of political strain.
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Coulincourt
Petersburgh
Baddin
Madame NI
Prince de Schmartzenberg
Poland
Russia
Caulincourt
Alexander
Romanzon
Romanzow
Will
Nonaparte
Nomaniton
Vast stores of wine and goods crowd London docks
A contemporary letter describes unprecedented quantities of wine brandy hemp and timber under bond and on demurrage in London docks and ships in the Grand Bocas area report a sunken rock off Tortola with bearings and currents noted.
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London
Tortola
Trinidad
Grand Bocas
Samuel
Sughree
Cachacarreto
Robert ‘Hult Laeigh
Henry Smith
John Gifford
Butt
Earl of Winchelsea
Earl of Dysart
Charlotte Finch
Coriyers
Baker
Primate ‘of
Ireland
Lord Holland
FL. Smith
Leigt
Vauety
Paddington
Mulcaster
Brazils
Foreigh
Plymouth
Brazil
Newfoundland
Scilly
Barbadoes
America
Hannah
Baltimore
Fragments of a dispute over a transaction
A reader writes around a contentious transaction, asserting they will not discuss its contents further. The writer claims to have endured insult and treachery and distances themselves from Mr. G and the other party involved.
Covent Garden Theatre Review of The Way to Married
The Covent Garden Theatre presented The Way to Married with strong applause. Performances by Munden Emery Norton Davenport and Gibbs drew praise, with Caustic and Ugby Allspice noted for character work and wit. The Don Juan pantomime was well received as the crowd stayed orderly.
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Wis
Jones
Munden
Emery
Allspice
O. P
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Wellesley
Seville
Gerona
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Phil
Russla
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Mrs. Siddons
Gareyy
Julia
Fea
Siddons
Letter IV
Patty
Har Drefer
Mr. G
Suraday
Manchester
Mas
Miy
Zealand
Walcheren
Konigsburg
Kantas Bure
Frederick the Great
Kinigsburg
Konigfsburg
Primeverd
Yeilding
Panzdnce
J. Robert Watson
Vanguard
North Sea
Cattegat
Mason
Hamoaze
St. Martin’s Lane
Camberwell
Mars
Norfolk
Bon
Snockina
Soan
Shepley Mills
Surrey
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