Versailles and London appoint Consuls General for France and England
Reports from Europe describe the Versailles London consular appointment and court orders. Paris and Stockholm dispatchers note hot summer and deaths. English resident Silvedbioe Laval reports two English ships halted. captains Brown and Wiel bound for Canary Islands and Madeira with goods likely for Americans. Barcelona brief claims Madrid orders to hold regiments ready for rapid deployment, with linens prepared for troops bound for the Indies.
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Pergxssoure
Versailles
London
Leffips
France
England
Barcelona
Madrid
Carthagena
Indies
Arrivals and Departures Of Ships From London and Ports
Sailings and arrivals listed for December 16 with ships including Speedwell Culloden and Arran. Vessels from Barbadoes Madeira London and Archangel noted. ships like Dutch East Indiaman and Racehorse bound for Venice Dublin and Dublin. Port entries include Barbadoes London Petersburgh Jamaica and Antigua with numerous vessel names and captains.
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Eows
Deac
Fientferrat
Fanny
St. Barbe
Venice
Williams
Dublin
Blomb
Longfound
Ann
Elizabeth
Hols
Embden
Barbadoce i
Jacob and
Jane
M‘cain
Peter
Johan
M-Carty
Lisbon
Londonderry
Sally
M'Invire
Dantzick
Southampton
John
Catharine
Dunn
Petersburgh
London News 1775 Losses from American War and Local Court Proceedings
Reports from London describe Admiral Dunmore’s detachment in Virginia after American batteries fired on his ships and forced a retreat to the Chesapeake. The vessel Roebuck carried water up the Potomac while distemper afflicted crews and enslaved workers. further, a Dublin letter notes a privateer’s confiscation of British property. In London, Aldermen debated Sheriff Wooldridge’s replacement, and a Southampton storm, provincial notices, and crime trials are summarized, including executions at Old Bailey.
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London
Admiralty
Shirat Mann
Mediterranean
Lord Sandwich
Hampton Cott
Windsor
Stewart
Greenagk
Virginia
Guin’s Island
Lord Dunmore
Lord Danmore
Potomack River
George’s Land
Roebuck
Dumfries
Col. Brent
Defiance
Liverpool
Ind
Sofail
St Augustine
Lynhaven Bay
Chesapeak
Dunmore
Fowey and Roebuck
Dublin
North America
Congress
Whitehaven
Edinburgh
Mr. Fleming
Cape
Guin
Cannok
Parker
Ingram
Potomack
Augustine
Bermudas
West-Indies
Goport
Guildhall
Aisop
Harley
Bull
Smith
Clark
Bishopsgate
Langbourn
Alderman Wooldridge
Otcary
Middlesex
Wooldridge
America
Southaimptony
Duke of Cumberland
Quebec House
Lord and Lady Bathurst
Ersuaty
Cirenester
Wight
Inscrip
Ion
Alen Earl Bathurst
Catharine Lady Bathurst
Tyne
Grails
Voigeland
Jeave
James ‘Altham
St.* John*s College
Oxford
Rochester
St. Olive Jewry
Irontonger-lane
Harlow
Essex
Ely-hovse
Charles Cole
Chii
Surry
Guild- Hall
Ivy-lane
Newgate-fréet
Leswithiel
Cornwall
Hindes
Boris
Fides
Riort
Atairs
Henderson
East Barnst
Enfield-Chace
William
Jamés
Highgate
Holloway-road
Finchley Common
Howsé
Mr. Gilchrist
Clapham Common
Sophia Jane Wilton
Williamson
Nacclesfield-street
Shoreditch
New Prison
Gda
Old Bailey
George Wood
James Grant
Charles Pepkin
Charles Bingford
Herseealing
Knowland
Richard Etherington
King’s Highway
Robert Walker
Henry Danielford
Elizabeth Gil- Téin
Elizabeth, Anderson
Deith
Walker
Thames
Jefferson
George Rowney
Rowley
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