Arrivals and Names in Late 18th Century Port List
Shipping news records arrivals at Bristol Cork and Dublin with crews and vessels named in a foggy list. Mentions John and James Baker Alicant Unity Lurcher and Happy Couple from various ports, plus ships like Britannia and Charming Sally with captains and origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear
S.E
Patterson
Armsterdam
India
Boyce
Guavisean
John
James
Baker
Alicant
Unity
Lurcher
Rotterdam
Happy Couple
Freety
Falmouth
Bristol
Pollard
Farquharson
London
Eizabeth
Lg Parourel
Guernsey
Resolution
Neilson
Worway
Volle
Dantrick
Nany
Phillips
Honduras
Sally
Dyer
Waterford
Yarmouth
Britannia
Richardson
Dublin
Corke
Henrietta Packet
Battabie
Shaw
Kerrison
Thomas
Providence
Walker
Yarnouth
Charming
Palace changes and naval preparations across London
Reports from London recount appointments for Lord Bruce and Dr Hord as governor and preceptor to royal heirs at Kew. A grand drawing room event is postponed due to repairs at St James's Palace. Lord Polwarth may join the King’s Bedchamber. Dr John Elliot receives knighthood. Letters from Leghorn and Charleston note American trade with flour, wheat, indigo, and rice. English ships prepare for Newfoundland patrols while Unicorn, Daphne, and Galatea are coppered for foreign service. A Greenland wreck near Unst is reported with loss of all crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lond
Lord Bruce
Dr. Hord
Litchfield
Coventry
Kew
Prince of Wales
Ossaburgh
St. James’s
Lord Polwarth
John Elliot
Cecil-ftreet
Norfolk
Woodford
Dublin
Leghorn
South Carolina
Nantz
Charles Town
Carolina
John
James
Baker
Alicant
Newfoundland
His Majesty
Unicorn
Ford
Daphne
Chinnery
Jordan
Deptford
Woolwich
Chatham
Clayton
Camilla
Ameria
Sanday
America
Lark
Lewer Treos
Shetland
Whitby
Unit
Shipwreck and counterfeit buckles lead to Old Bailey commit
In a London news sketch three incidents are noted. A ship named Syren encountered a gale near Vauxhall, with sailors accused of leaving tables without paying. A man was examined at the Rotation-office for counterfeiting a lion-marked buckle stamp. silversmith John son testified the buckles were bare metal stamped, and a constable secured the prisoner. A young woman was found dead on Enfield-chace with injuries and scant attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syren
Gambeb Raut
Vauxhall
Litchfield-street
Johnson
Holborn
Rushworth
Goldsmiths Company
Old Bailey
Enfield-chace
Greenwich
Rotherhithe
Charter-house
Winbuth
Sun-street
Bishopsgate-street
Deliverite
Spitalfields
Lower
Grosvenor
Ditton
James Lenox Dutton
Sherborne
Gloucestershire
Deal
Matthew Hanck
Chatham
Ealing
Bonney
Mr. Bonney
Jermyn - Street
St. James's
Yeterday
Collimoore
Shoreditch
Nevill
Portugal
Freet
Quare
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Elong
Amerthagy
Buckinghamhire
Michaelinas
Ewigkenham
Twickesham
Tamies
Tara Egil
Radhoi
Pope
Comim
Surry Ait
Atenants
Mir
Potts
Toey
Bury-street
James’s
Hagin ‘Chrgentar
Twickentigm
Windus
Prentisses
Mary Hickeriight
Fiteare
Colchester
Stes
Hereford
Thomas Harley
Epsom
Saker
Groves
Levade
Thor
Struve
Titfor
Benjamin Bonset
Founders-court
Lothbury
The
Royal Exchange
Swilesiand
Wurfes
Mathers
Ildre
Varren
Drynefssias
Richard Warren
Maryhone
Golder Square
Wood
Cheapside
Marsham
Messrs. Geldard and Gimingham
Staple Inn
Mr. Gemming
Norwich
Maidstone
Leyborne
Kent
Grange
Richard Bower
Rhodes
Messrs
Godfrey and Wood
Casle
Willam Newman
Los d
Jesoo
Thomas Orpin
Robert Foreman
Rawley
Weyborne
Rochester
Maidine
Town-Mallings
Michaeiians
God'rey
Town-Malling
Lloyd
Holborn Court
Grays-inn
Great- Britain
Ireland
América
R. Johnson
C. Dilly
R. Baldwin
C& P
Imore
Almatt
Great-Britain
Materia Medica
Cenderet
Feaume. DE Sante
Puernofterzrow
Davis
Pitcadlly
W. Davenhil
Cornhill
H. Turpin
St. John’s Iset
Oxord
Cambridge
Bath
Fork
England
NCB
J. Bew
Oniz
Hermigne
Mike
Bell
Exeter
Seung
Daceites
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