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Naval and colonial news from 1738 May assembly duties
Navy orders for ships to Georgia and the West Indies. arrivals from Cadiz and Bombay with ships and diamonds. Bengal fires devastate Fort Drummer. Parliament debates liquor retail laws and riot provisions. Westminster Bridge and royal party movements. New England fire at Fort Drum was reported. Scottish Assembly in Edinburgh with royal letter from King George II and appointment of Lothian as royal representative.
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Admiral Haddock
Mother Bank
Georgia
Blandford
Bursith
Hector
Yelverton Peyton
West Indies
Amelia
St Catherine’s
Tower
Admiralty
John Norris
Bahama Islands
Cadiz
Tolcot
Phoenix
Ellis
Delight
Baily
Dolphin
Smith
Britannia
Kelsey
Mary
Homans
Margaret
Gregory
London
Nottingham
Winter
Bombay
India Company
India
Bedford
William Wells
Dover
Bengal
Pelham
Mead Woodford
Louisa
Richard Pennell
Devonshire
Laurence Prince
Arthur Onslow
House of Commons
Westminster
St. James's
Kensington
Hampton Court
New England
John Kellogg
Fort Drummer
Edinburgh
Lothian
Neil Campbell
University of Glasgow
Bez
Church of Scotland
William Marquis
St. Jamies’s