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Port quarantine and naval movements in 18th century Plymouth
News from Falmouth and Plymouth report several ships, mostly from Amsterdam, Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Leghorn, under quarantine at port as Bri tish authorities monitor arrivals and prepare for potential peacetime adjustments. Sailed vessels include the Brilliant and Mermaids, while the Shannon and others carry letters, with political dispatches and public notices interwoven with local crime and civic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Cornelius
Bears
de Catharine
Elizabeth
Amsterdam
Gerdnick
Becker
Hamburgh
Jong
Rotterdam
Streights
Weight
de John
Richard
Levermore
Coronation
Snow
Paradise
Stanton
Industry
Sranged
Helleisle
Plymouth
His
Shannon
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Plymouths
Dee
Brilliant
Adam
Peter de Longe
Flushing
Nantz
Oo Deal
House of Commons
Madrid
Prince de Beauveau
France
Prusria
Ratisbon
Bavaria
Prussia
Brussels
Altena
Denmark
Saxony
Mecklenburgh
Paoli
Genoa
Virginia
St. Sebastian’s
Hermioneet
Royal Exchange
Lynx
West-Indies
Peart
Upolsterer
Queen-street
Cheapside
Walbrook
London
Hackney
Dalston
Philip Defore
Hickshall
Mary Defore
Judith Salisman
New
Clerkenwell
Bacon-streets
Bethnalgreens
New- Road
Hampshire
Bethnal-green
Mackdonald
Marigold-court
Strand
Germany
America
Vienna
Prince of Stolberg
Bretano
Bohemia
Franconia
Caffell
Rothenberg
Hersfeld
Ziengenhayn
Prince Charles of
Lorrain
Ostend
Nieuport
Lacy
Pondicherry