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War Alliances and Commerce Tensions Reported Abroad
The document outlines European power maneuvers supporting a Sicilian claim to the Spanish crown, plus Prussia and Sardinia roles, and notes Marseilles merchants facing declining trade. It details Goeree’s fall, captured cargo, and fleet movements, alongside English naval intelligence and commodore actions near Goree. It then lists various military promotions, church appointments, hospital elections, marriages, deaths, and local misdeeds with brief notes.
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Great Briain
Prussia
Sardinia
Spain
Goree
Keppel
France
His
Penguin
Man
Cape Francois
Snow
le Palmier
Leoganne
New-York
Monte-Chiristi
Samson
Newfoundland
Lisbon
Galicia
Earl Marshal
Keith
John Hale
America
Gillingham
Hore
James Macrae
Ely
Boscawen
Adams
Thomas Adams
Efy
Colvill
Macrae
Abercrombie
William Farquhar
Thomas Gage
Paulus Emilius Irving
Foot
Farquhar
Robert Bass
North America
William Couch
John Treby
44Th
George Barrman
Andrew Simpson
Treby
Bristo
James Backhouse
Vrinity-Collge
Cambridge
Mr. Howard
Mr. Moffatt
Mr. Smith
Bengoughry
Daniel Merman
Spital Square
Miss Devifine
Peter Devifine
Clapham
Windsor
Buck
Amelia Beckford
Joseph Gardiner
Halton-Garden
Laban
St. Ann’s
Soho