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Turbulent 18th Century Patchwork of Naval Dispatches and Appointments
Fragmented dispatches reveal orders for three Ruffian Men of War to sail from Petersburg to Ostend to sell stores to the East India Company, with Admiral Lemwig ordered to oppose passage through the Sound. Amid court grants, bishopric temporalties, and local appointments, news touches debtors, marriages, and arrests in London and surrounding counties, all tinged with war and governance.
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Copenhagen
Cromebouy
Petersburg
Ostend
New East. India Company
Seale
Lemwig