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Royal navy dispatch and market notes from the Downs
His Majesty's Ships the Dragon and Superbe arrive at the Buoy in the Nore. The Dragon to cruise Scotland coast, Superbe to be paid off at Chatham. Parliament prorogued to November 21. Princess Amelia arrives at the Downs from Bombay with pepper and coffee. South Sea stock quoted, burials recorded, and a Brass-hrodman notice offering 40s reward for John Hutton from St Neot's. Also mention of an October 1777 watch theft in Billingsgate.
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Maypole
Isle of Ely
Pee Academy of Painting
Queenstreet
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Golden Head
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Henry Fish
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