Popery and fires stir distrust in Portsmouth, London
A Protestant letter from Portsmouth accuses Papists of causing fires and plots to weaken Britain’s defenses amid war news from New York and Halifax. The piece links religious strife to national peril, cites suspicious arson at Portsmouth dockyard, and questions French and Spanish motives while detailing ship arrivals and London public notices.
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