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Squirrel Galley Sailings From Barba Does to Virginia
Letters dated September 28 set sail for Virginia in November. The Squirrel Galley under Capt Blines arrived at Barbadoes October 23 from Whydah, sailed Fury 28 with Feverham Man of War, and remained with them toward St Thomas on Africa’s coast. Capt Goodall died near the Point of Death, Third Lieutenant buried on Africa’s coast. Antigua news notes a pension and provisions for the Earl of Londonderry’s governorship and a thousand pound present, with hopes of a fine crop next season. The St Michael news from Plymouth reports Buenos Ayres voyage, slaving voyage to Madagascar, and the Governor’s ban on slavery ships’ activity amid a peace with Spain.
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Bermuda
Virginia
Blines
Barbadoes
Whydah
Guiney
Fury
St. Thomas
Goodall
Africa
Antigua
Earl of Londonderry
St. Michael
Burnham
Plymouth
Buenos Ayres
River of Plate
Moore White
London
Madagascar
Souk-Sea Company
Spain