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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 11, 1776

Page

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Seafaring Arrivals and Departures Mentioned at Major Ports

British and allied ships depart for destinations including St Vincent Gibraltar Lisbon and Cowes while arrivals at Bristol Dublin Plymouth Cork Waterford and Lisbon bring vessels such as Kingston Packet Grace Bundy Paymose Doyle and more from Jamaica London Boulogne Malaga and Corke. The report lists numerous ships with routes from Mississippi Norway Amsterdam Jamaica and other ports, noting captains and consignments as waters shift in July.

Dear Brocklebank Cowes Fame Godfrey St. Vincent's Coronation Clements Gibraltar Elizabeth M‘ghee Lisbon Gravaseno Live Oak Mississippi Norway Crusane Munster Reed Bourdeaux Plymouth John Elizabeth Scott Gallipoli Corka Emanuel Walbergh Minerva Lunstrum Gotterburgh Polly Atkinson St. He's Joannes Eckman Brittel Arts Howe Aitkin Halifax Waterford Maria Ferehan London John and Andrew Wildman Corke

Large Dutch flyboat arrives from Curacoa with arms

A Philadelphia letter dated June 1 reports a large Dutch flyboat from Curacoa reaching port laden with arms and ammunition. The Henry and James, a missing transport, arrived at Halifax after severe hardships, including masts split, a forward leak, and boats lost overboard. Officers lived on salt meat for weeks. Also noted: emigrants stopped in Virginia with specie seized, some imprisoned for Dunmore correspondence. Additional items include ships arriving at Boston and news of British navy movements and dockyard orders.

London Philadelphia Curacoa Halifax Bahamas Virginia Lord Dunmore Williamsburgh Live Oak Woodhowure Pensacola Atheica

Private letter reports raids and arson on provisions convoys

A Corke letter aboard the Jndeavour recounts horsemen stopping carriages carrying government provisions, looting horses, burning the carts, and warning further thefts would kill drivers and horses. Other dispatches note a Danish Guinea Company dissolution, eclipse timing, magistrate actions, robberies, riots, and several marriages and deaths in London and environs.

Corke Jndeavour Hawkins Copenhagen Company of Commerce of Guinea Gaspar de Meltke Justice Trant and Bredah Black Trinity House Gravesend Reach Thames England Clerkenwell Bride Well Foundling Hospital Bristow Winchmore Hill Vauxhall Gardens Bridewell Southwark Jonathan Durden Sarah King King’s Newate Old Bailey Thomas Connor Smith Edward Mason Raven-row Spitalfields James Smith Maon Ireland

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