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Provisions and Naval Actions Amid European Conflicts
News from Leghorn and Genoa report French and Genoese ships loaded with provisions reaching Genoa, with nine captured by English warships near Arno. Corsican reports describe attacks on St François and bombardment with inhabitants resisting. Brussels notes troop redeployments and upcoming suspensions of arms. London and Stew: robberies in Stepney Fields, drownings at Battersea and Ilington, and marital notices. Market quotes reflect stock activity and ship movements for Jamaica, Cape Breton, Antigua, and Plymouth.
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Earl’s
Plymouth
Castor
Hampshire
Lionel Daniel
King’s Yard
Quebeck
Lloyd's Coffee House
Lombard - Street
Plage
Earl’s Coffee
Providence
Bayonne
Newfoundland
Assurance
Andrew Jelf
Cape
London
Stepney-Fields
Ratcliff
Jacob Refdon
Battersea
Ilington
Dabney’s
Torath
Crisp Crail
Berkshire
Maria Perth
Kensington
Fortin
Hackney
James Wood
Duke of Marlborough
Charing- Cross
Charles Philpot
Surry
St. Bride’s
Judith Bartles
Westminster Abbey
William Lawrence