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/Mixed Dispatches From Atlantic Mail Capiz to Lisbon
An 18th century compilation reports events from Capiz to Madrid and beyond. Details cover Moroccan troubles, Moroccan prince movements, and a 20,000-man demand. the fleet at Carthagena prepares for action with 400 transports and 40 ships of war. Other items include ships arriving at London and river ports, officer discipline in General Gage’s army, rumors of Spanish supply landings for Provincials, and various local notices on fires, baptisms, marriages, and prices. The letter from Madrid mentions pygmy peoples, while a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope notes scurvy avoidance and islands southward, with plans to return via Scilly and St Helena.
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France
Capiz
Marocco
Ehitees
Carthagena
Sieur Dé Castejon
OF Reilly
Mapsfield
Kew
Madrid
Tucqman
Rio Pardo
Paragua
Oronague
Resolution
Caps of Good Hope
Otaheite
Perra del Fuego
Sc Helena
Gage
Lexington
Percy
Chapater
Previgon
M Dunition
Falmouth
Age
Boston
America
Concorp
Mary
Cadiz
Rock of Lisbon
Streights
Gibraltar
Cape Finisterre
Groyne
Emperor
Cobbs
Waterford
West Indies
Oxford Circuit
Baro Eyre
Baron Hotham
Berkshire
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
Oxford
Worcestershire
Worcester
City of Worcester
Gloucester
City of
Monmouthshire
Monmouth
Herefordshire
Hereford
Shropshire
Shrewsbury
Staffordshire
Stafford
Alees
Edinburgh
Earl of G
Feenell
Lorgup
Ireland
John Wesley
Hercules
Thompson
Kiron
Newfoundland
New England
Clonmel
Eer
Anc
Bec
Haris
Wilmar
Carrick
Suir
Balfikirkeen
Shanbally
Briscoe
City Road
St. Bartholomew’s Hostal
Lion-street
Bloombury
Tutchfield-street
Clerkenwell Bride
Richard Shepherd
Friskney
Lincolnshire
Belchford
Dr. Tatton
Canterbury Cathedral