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Fire Ends Grand Court House Era in Morning Inferno
A morning fire destroyed the Court House, consuming the building and most public records. Reports also describe naval captures near Ge noa and Lisbon, with English forces detaining vessels and merchants fearing the Rufsel Man of War’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Genoa
Spain
Mediterranean
India
Lisbon
Rufsel
Plymouth
St. Malocs
Peter Warren
Osborne
Hardy
Dodsworth
Leghorn
Dartmouth
Clarendon
Jamaica
London
Grenot
Havre de Grace
Brest
Reomoux
Snow
Beachy-Head
Wight
Hinchingbrook
Portsmouth
Lord Anson
Hampshire
Moorfields
Lord Trentham
Egerton
Duke of
Walthamstow
St. Botolph
Bishopfeate
Chester
George Prescot
Ipswich
Cooper Gravenor
Cordell Firebrace
Suffolk
Jerusalem
George Wade
Ordnance
Alexander Bell
Little Warwick-street
Middlesex
Taylor and Chapman
Philip Church
St. Mary Whitechapel
Middleselt
Chapman
Jeremiah Pearce
Bishopsgate-street
Cornfaétor and Chapman