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Maritime Notices and Public Affairs in Early London
Updates include captains securing liberty for ship hands while crews trade ashore, Neapolitan earthquake rumors, and marriages of notable merchants. Also recorded are royal appointments, lottery prize draws, crime arrests, ship movements near Cadiz and Lifton, fires in Shoe-Lane, weather effects on Coventry roads, and pricing for bread and financial securities. The piece blends shipping, governance, crime, and market data with local notices and public appointments.
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Lis Majesty
Holland
Kingdom of
Naples
Smith
Pauith
St. Dunstan
Robert Combes
Hill
Humphry Hill
Adam Lovejoy
Derbysire
Jenny Tench
Low-Layton
Fisher Tench
Sidney Stafford Smith
Palace of Westminster
Tomas Abney
Charles Bradford
Corweil
Cornwall
Exeter
Draper
The
Excise
Phillipson
Caldclough
Thomas
Aiflabie’s
Oflice
Porter
Rygate
Surrey
Richard Firewood
Great Rider-street
St. James’s
Coventry
London
Dunchurch
Sussex
Austen and
Molineux
Southwark
Guildford
Currey
George Stacey
Lacey
Newgate
Col. de Veil
Matthias Denison
Gatehouse
Katherine Lineham
Bridewell
Justice Richardson
Horley
King John’s Court
London Gazette
Lisbon
Cape Spitchell
St. Lucar
Ferrol
Bristol
Bonamy
Amsterdam
Theneriffe
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Annuides
Millon Bank
Royal Exchange Assarance
Mine Adventure
Vintners Hall
Humphryy Parsons
John Barnard
Robert Godscuall
Grerce Heathecore
George