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Tragic Maritime Crimes and Public Punishments Across Regions
The letter details a barbarous murder aboard the Pink Two Brothers near Harwich by John Longden, with accomplices arrested and a High Court of Admiralty warrant issued. Reports from Winchester describe mob attempts to rescue two burglars at execution, while other items note weather disasters, court convictions, and shipping news from Lisbon, Barbadoes, and Madrid.
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Tleman
Thomas Sergiffon
Reynell
Shepperton
Middlesex
Worcester
Thomas
St. Nicholas
Grimley
Hallow
Worcestershire
Harwich
Adrien
John Longden
Gaul
Ashort
Hastings
Moore
Shad-Thames
VesTal
Longden
Worthy
Winchester
Siow-Market
Stradbroke
Suffolk
Wingfield
Siow
Kettleburgh
Colchester
Amajesty
City
Liberty
Westamster
Nathaniel Blackeroy
Eventeen
Col. de Veil
Isabella Tilbury
Anne Miller
Will, Deerman
Hannah Ridgeway
Anne Lion
Elizabeth Davis
Alias Smith
Charles West
Ennis Dickensoe
Thomas Martin
John Buckley
Jane Armstrong
Anne Price
Elizabeth Rowley
Mary Evans
Robert Everett
Mary Aftel
Thomas Gates
John Lowry
Elizabeth Friestly
William Baby
Thomas Johnston
Alice Turner
Anne Round
Margaret Goodwin
Mary Sinclair
Edward Fueidge
House of Correction
Abigail Carrol
Francis Ofinar
William Clempson
William Smith
Isabella Gardiner
Anne Gale
Northampton
Newgate
Southwark
Kingston
Surrey
Iland
Barbadoes
Sharp
Bridgetown
Mary
Gladman
London
Jamaica
Gulph
Florida
Lisbon
Murch
Darfith
Malteze
Figueiro Dos “Vinhos
Carmelites
Nuns of
Portugal
Abbeville
Amiens
France
England
Paris
Madrid
Fathers of the Order of the Trinity
Algier
Duke de Frias
Queen Anne
Genoa
Corsica
Genoeze
Senate
M. Brignole
Ajaccio
Hague
Marquis de St. Gilles
Spain
States General
Cadiz
Great Britain