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Deaths and dispatches from the Edinburgh Chronicle 1759
The Edinburgh Chronicle reports baptisms and drownings, a high steward Thomas Rowney death after a fall, and baron Wolfe's death at St Petersburg. It notes Hawke's fleet movements off Brest, ship captures and prizes, a court case at the Old Bailey, and stock prices in London. Com Boys sails Leith northward. Sir George Stewart dies at 72. local notices from Edinburgh and trading updates conclude.
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Thomas Rowney
City of
Oxford
Rowney
Great Britain
Peterburg
Brest
Paris
M_ Conflans
Achilles
Plymouth
Bay
Quiberon Bay
L’orient
Sir Edward Hawke
Cape Finisterre
M. Bompart
St Domingo
Dispatch
Peggy
Downs
Hastings
Guildhall
Allan Evans
Middlesex
Harriet Peers
London
Gibraltar
John and
Margaret
Sangster
Hay
Barbadoes
Barbary
Mos
Sallee
Brazils
Lisbon
Robert
Winchester
Bienfaisant
Chicheter
Prince Edward
Coventry
Aéteon
Southampton
Horentine
Jason
Torrington
Oyer and Terminer
Holden
High Court of Admiralty
Justice-hall
Old Bailey
William Lawrence
Pluto
Samuel Dring
Henric Muller
William Goff
Voluntiers
Chrisopher van
Aften
Ostend
Kent
van Aften
Henric Muler
William Goft
Bank Ltock
Scrip
Az India
S.S
Edinburgh
Leith Road
M. Tharort
George Stewart
Grandtully
Heppenstall