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Fleet dispatch and colonial news from Edinburgh and Jamaica
Reports detail ships with cannon and arms for battalions, troop transports and powder. arrivals include Admiral Watson’s Indiaman and a Halifax link. Dispatches note French actions in Madrass, Jamaica convoy movements, magistrates in Old Aberdeen, a duchess’s childbirth, lodge donations to arts society, and prisoner relief appeals with donor oversight.
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Admiral Watson Indiaman
Spishtad
St. Helena
Worcester
Teddeman
Coast
Bay
Crichton
Bombay
Doveton
Prince George
Collins
Bengal
Madrass
East-Indies
Havce de Grace Road
Winter
Isle of
Mary
Christian Delstrom
Tynis
Leghorn
Garthagena
London
Quebec
Adm. Hawke
Nneese
Old Aberdeen
David’ Dalrymple
Westhall
Thomas Gordon
John Gregory
Thomas Skene
John Leslie
Lewis Mason
Huntingtower
Athol
John Murray
Free Masons
Edinburgh
St David's
Edinburgh Society For
Charles Manners
Musselburgh
Hutchinson
Jamaica
Port Glasgow
Ludlow
North America
Britain
Jameson
Montgomery
Clyde
Coutts
King
Sc Andrew
Hunter
Ozfar
Moodie
Denniston
Campbell
Betty
Douglas
Kingston
Florida
Meff _ Hamilton
Balfour
Walter Ruddiman
Caledonian
Mercury