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Prize and piracy reports and theater notices in Philadelphia letters
Letters from Philadelphia report a ship hovering off capes with sails and rigging damaged, a Kingston man of war safe after weathered actions, and a prize won in a York Buildings Lottery. Other items include thefts in London streets, legal cases, and notices of plays, books, and military news with scattered dates and names like Governor of Jamaica and Capt Edward Lowe.
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Philadelphia
Kingston
Jamaica
Supa
York ‘Buildings
Jol Harris
Richard Rutt
Newgate
Sacheverell
Tia
King Charle Part
Rich Bethé
Bariday
Lambert
Hayday
Griffith’ Williams
Edward Lowe