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Sailors Prize Share and Shipping News From the Atlantic
The report notes Christian slaves who captured a Turkish admiral ship shared its value, with each man receiving over ten thousand crowns. Meanwhile several ships are captured or wrecked by French privateers and other raiders from Flushing to the Baltic, with prizes sent to Morlaix and Alicant. A Great Seal appointment names Geoffery Amherst as Commander in Chief in North America, and clergy appointments are listed for royal chaplains and allied positions.
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York
City of
George the Second
Paris
Besancon
Denmark
East-Indies
West Indies
Mediterranean
Savoy
Jamaica
4Th Regiment of Foot
Eland
Admiral Saunders
Germany
Griffin
Pitt
Gore
Col
Johnson
Kingsley
Hale
Portsmouth
Madrid
Amsterdam
Wales
Malta
Flushing
Flanders
William and Mary
Hume
Virginia
London
Morlaix
Lisbon
Newfoundland
Alicant
Carthagena
Countess of
ANC le
Jutland
Jefferey Almherst
North America
Thomas Worfely
Henry Finch
Ordii
Beadon
Montague Barton
King’s Col