Port Royal, Jamaica Trade Notices and Naval Arrivals
Port-Royal reports arrival of ships from Cruze and Missippi bound to Hispaniola with hides and rum. Captain Obadiah Bounds, Philadelphia, joined crew after a voyage from this port. Jamaica merchants sign an agreement to cap freight for sugar and rum, limiting charges amid wartime costs. The fleet sails from Port Royal toward Bluefields under convoy, including ships Blandfold, Penhalton, and Sphynx with listed commanders.
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Ation News
Port Ku
Port-Royal
Henry Mains
Lpadeg Wa
Audco
Reee
Kingstoc
Vue Ie
Sacardo
Laf
Port Revel
Puvarear Snow New Mercury
Cape Joseph Pon Ne
Hispaniola
Connel
Eland
Blanco
Cuba
Obadiah Bounds
Philadelphia
Port Royal
Lymms
John' Kick
Penhalton Coing
Ard
William Shusmas
Swords Borough Seat Readies Parliament Fight
RELA D Dublins sworn Privy Council members prep Letters Patent to office as part of Hatarn Chater moves. John Tumnadine and Willian Wall named, with Lethe, frath, and Crabs preparing to call peers. Dawson Street Edward Bolton speculates on a parliamentary contest for Swords.
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Dublin
Witsune
Lad Gatysfiart
Big May
Hatarn Chater
John Tumnadine
Willian Wall
Maurice Crabs
Dawson Street
Edward Bolton
Borough of
Swords
Command of three regiments welcomed by Whitmore
News from Newcastle reports General Whitmore arriving to take command of three regiments stationed nearby. Speculation arose about a late invasion plan along the northern coast following a discovery by Dr. Florence Henfey, but authorities say regimental dispositions have eased public fear. Also notices of sudden deaths, executions and reprieves from Norwich and surrounding counties are recorded, including the death of Abraham Bourne and a horse accident involving Thomas Marsden.
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Newcaste
Sanday
Whitmore
Florence Henfey
Liverpool
Chowbent
Abraham Bourne
Thomas Marsden
Wigan
Shaw
Egercont Leigh
Lymme
Chester
Peter Leigh
Norwich
Norfolk
Robert Cadney
Joseph Bernard
John Stage
Our City
William Row
Bury
Suffolk
Richard Ashwell
Mary Sutton
Daniel Ashwell
Bristol
Mr. Gregory
St. Michael’s Hill
Port News Deal August 11 ships arrive from the West
A dated port notice reports Swan Sloop arrival from the Westward and several ships under convoy from Oporto including Carolina Cande Weston Knocier and Port Packett Williams. Other vessels Renown and various transports failed to sail. Multiple ships remain in the Downs and at Deal including Revenge Berwick Ludlow Cattle and Endeavour.
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Oporto
Carolina
Cande
Weston
Knocier
Port Packett
Williams
Ditto
Ibbetson
Fos Arundell
Neby
Deal
Revenge
Berwick
Ludlow
Gaftle
Pie
Mijesty
Rooftoft
Endeavour
Whiting
Salisbury
Milvain
Portsmouth
Ng de Compton
Exon
Ashton
Taylor
Dean
Howard
Evans
Harrison
Earl of Gheffer
Viner
Liverpool
Fragmented 18th Century Letter on Caribbean and Siege Actions
A lengthy letter from 1758 details British and French actions in the Mediterranean and Caribbean theaters. It covers engagements near Malta, the Monmouth pursuit, the Rose and the Tyger privateers, exchanges of cannon, ships captured or burned, and mounting tensions between the English and French in port at Port L’Orient. The narrative also notes privateer movements, ships seized, and casualties, with scattered notices of local affairs, marriages, and legal judgments in Plymouth and Bristol.
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Larrea
Rafe
Cape Hervey
Rofes
Gec
Bristol
Levant
Deal
Order of Malta
Boutieet
L’orient
Senegal
France
Watldnge
Holland
London
Jamaica
Thomas Breece
Plymouth
Ouchterlony
Anna‘Maria
William Jacobs
Andries Schietling
Amsterdam
Fort Surthttn
Maria Johanna
Plein
St. Eustatia
Joho
Lang
Ant
Jean
Clyde Co
Bath Akon
Theo
George
Daniel
Oftie
Newcarth
Falmouth
Pharfdapt
Robert Adkin
Wethermetes
Brockford
Suffolk
Ma James
Gkfon
Wigley
Chuit\College
Cantbrisge
Derder
Ann Owyker Ward
Daighre
Mn Williams Ward
Seotvenos- Uate
Mra
Thomas i Atony
Gracecurch
Greenwich
man‘Street
William Scullagh
Tmrit
Goodman’s Fields
Extract from a Portsmouth letter of August 44
Sail, refit, and voyage news from Spithead and harbour. The 74 gun ship Naffay sailed in, the Willian and Catherine captured by a privateer, and several ships arrived with sugar coffee cotton wine and iron. Troops prepare for embarkation near town. reflections on Marshal Daun's army and Prussian maneuvers. Waggons with arms reach Cranborne. a Canterbury wedding and a street accident near Smithfield with injuries.
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Portsmouth
Ord
Willian
Catherine
Brea
Prince Edward
St. Andrew
Amsterdam
Endeavour
Thomas Smith
Guernsey
London
Spithead
Dunkirk
Capt
Digby
Plymouth
South Sea Common
Light Horse
France
Prussia
Samuel Roberts
Rotterdam
Admiral Hastie
Coleby
Thames
Marshal Daun
Amers Dam
Brussels
Silesia
Glatz
Moravia
Bohemia
Glaiz
Dorset
Cranbormlaff
Canterbury
Mr. Hey
Palmer
Kent
Edeldred Lynch
Tilington Turnpike
Smithfield
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Jobh Pool
Shuré
Devobshires
Bis
Contmilion
Marty Laity
Fohn Payne
Aldesman Alexander
Mars
Roughton
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