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Royal Academy exhibition attendance and naval dispatch notes
Yesterday the Royal Academy exhibition was honored by their Majesties. News from Norfolk Virginia and Lisbon reports ships, corn, flour, and naval movements including the Roebuck frigate and Squirrel. Dutch and French naval activity near St Eustatia Curacao and Cape Town are noted, with London market and crime notices, births, marriages, and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Academy
Pall Mall
Prince of Wales
Norfolk
Virginia
Unicorn
Hutchinson
Whitehaven
Roebuck
Hampton Road
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Lisbon
Philadelphia
Hancock and
Adams
Williams
Wheatley
Jamaica
Bristol
War of the Line
Cape Francois
Portsmouth
Squirrel
Cape Nichola Mole
Port Royal
Sampson
Farquhar
Poole
Arguitlas
America
Frida
Great Britain
St. Eustatia
Curacoa
Granville
Lord Pigot
Anjengo
Hanover
Todd
Falmouth
Nottingham
Colebrooke
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Calcutta
Bombay
Ceylon
Stoakes
Madrafs
Indiahouse
Plymouth
St. Helena
Inquest
Long Acre
Smithfield
George Green
Deptling
Maidstone
Jackson
Thomas Oliver
Chilfton
Fielding
Sherwood
Wilmot
Old Bailey
Levy Solomons
Wilson
St. Olave’s Street
Southwark
Grange Road