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Admiralty News and Privateers Roundup From The Downs
Sir Piercy Brett goes to Board of Admiralty aboard Deptford in the Downs. Capt. Norton brings the Amazon Man of War with word of Governor Crump’s death in Guadalupe and Melvill to command. Norton has captured 22 privateers. Speedwell retaken. several prizes taken by French privateers near Beachy Head and Cape Finisterre. Ship Unity and Amiable captured. Captain Mitchell briefly freed with parage. Ch arming details include loss and rescue near Cape Hatteras. reports on French campaign delays and a Rome mint note. a church rite at Minerva with many brides and nuns. a drowned gentleman found near Richmond with coroner ruling accidental. Carver to stand trial for prize money fraud against a deceased sailor.
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Piercy Brett
Deptford
Downs
Board of Admiralty
Capt
Norton
Leeward Islands
Crump
Guadalupe
Melvill
Speedwell
Stewart
Antigua
London
Friendship
Boyles
Lisbon
Beachy Head
Dieppe
Walliams
Bristol
Mitchell
Yarmouth
Canaries
Cape Finisterre
Count de Guise
Bayonne
Groyne
Falmouth
Syvert
Cork
Driscall
Guadelupe
Kinsale
Jersey
Newfoundland
Driscoll
Betty
Watt
Alexander
Edinburgh
Cape Hatteras
Norfolk
Virginia
Strasburgh
Rome
Church of Minerva
Thames
Richmond
John Carver
John Barry
Richard Moxey
Foultry Compter
William Barry
A. Mariner
Salisbury