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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 11, 1739
Page
2
A garbled report describes Dayna and a voyage involving a 22 day passage and encounters near Cadiz. It alleges British naval observers, an Admiral, and a fleet threat from a French or Spanish force with ships of war and merchantmen, implying unavoidable pursuit and success against escape.
Bristol merchants vow to answer Spaniards with privateering. The Hanover privateer Eagle, two ships from the South Sea Company, and Westmoreland with Basclay, under Captain Stopkdon, complete their readiness to sail under letters of marque as retaliation for injuries to the colony.
Fragmentary report details a society marriage in Holborn between Richard Pagtington, a wholesale practitioner, and Miss Elizabeth Spursiexg, niece of Michiel Hillersdon of Bathdane, Bath. The piece references royal messengers to the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, and ships bound for New England, with notes on voyage timing and outward bound merchantmen in a late 18th or early 19th century tone.
Fragmented OCR notes list multiple obituaries and public notices. Died items include William Lord Craven and Mrs. Sandys wife to Dr. Sandys, with heirs and titles traced to Tilney and Craven families. Local church and civic appointments noted, plus maritime incidents, court cases, and a public sale of Brandy seized by authorities.
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