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Admiralty Posts and News From Plymouth Dispatches
A detailed dispatch from Plymouth reports Admiral Chambers with a squadron including the Edinburgh and Princess Louisa near Cape Cod in a clash with the Spanish fleet from Cadiz bound to Vera Cruz and Carthagena. The Inverness, Windsor, and a 74 gun Lion were among the ships, with prizes taken and privateers captured nearby.
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Chambers
Plymouth
Inverness
Coates
Edinburgh
Gfe
Princess Louisa
Windsor
Cape Coutin
Cadiz
la Vera Cruz
Carthagenia
South Seas
Lion
Xavier
Vera Cruz
Carthagena
Sheerness
Hull
James, Clark
London
Oporto
Lisbon
Chelsea College
Cornhill
St. Michael
Thomas Sparham
Saxmundham
Torwich
Sophia Fitsummons
Ann Saunders
Margaret Hill
Newgate
Thomas Burdus
Edward Worman
Drum-Alley
Drury-Lane
Northampton
Thomas Drury
Edward Huddle
Henbury
Cheshire
Jane Payne
Stephen Payne, Bart
Miller
County of
Derby
Danielman
O‘connor
John Cotton
Lothbury
William Haydon
Guildford
Surrey
Miss Cox
Thomas Cox
Royal Exchange
Marquis of Tweedale
Frances Carteret
Earl of Granville
Hummerton
Cheflyn
Doctors-Commons
Oing
Kentish Town
John Howie
Beighallshirees
Welle