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War measures and fleet movements reported in London dated 13 November
The document records royal praise for wartime resolve, remarks on the large Peerage gathering, and updates on naval fleets. It notes continued bounties for seamen and landmen, arrivals from Scotland and New York, reports on Amherst and St Johns Fort, and convoy plans for Jamaica and the West Indies. It also mentions transfers of captains, Wolfe’s burial arrangements, and a major fire at St Pierre in Martinique.
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House of
Upper Grosvenor-street
Scotland
Edward Hawke
Charles Hardy
Admiral Geary
Torbay
Swan
Farley
Dover
New-York
Hamburg
Gen. Amherst
Lake Cham- Plain
St John’s Fort
Montreal
Quebec
River St Lawrence
Foxtow
Duke of Bed‘ford
Ireland
Glasgow
Jamaica
Portsmouth
Downs
West Indies
Adm. Holmes
Errington
Barras
Barcelona
Douglas
Downy
Streights
Fortogal
Alaim
Sir Bickrétt
Valiant
Woolwich
Wagei
Ludlow Édftle
Aurora
Tartht
Portmahod
Dealcaifte
Prince Edward Sich
Wat
Cartel
Dispatel
Royal Exchange
Broderick
Britannia
Experiment
Marquis of ‘Granby
Lisbon
Anne
Elisabeth
Banton
Magnanimé
Herculés
Albany
Plymouth
Bay
Spithead
Québec
Annie
Elizabeth
Robinson
Gowland
Watlington
Siffon
Unity
Boag
Jane
Garnet
Hero
Macmin
Barnard
Weatherall
Brothegs
Stockton
John
Richardson
Gulf of St Lawrence
Porchester Castle
Clarke Gaton
St George
Norfolk
East Indies
Rodney
Havre de Grace
Panther
Neptune