Anglo Spanish tension over Gibraltar and Prague dispatches
News scarce from London as the British Court waits for replies to representations about Gibraltar. Commandant at Algeziras ordered to prevent English ships and fire on intruders while Prussian and Saxon affairs draw attention in Dresden and Berlin. Reports from Prague Berlin and Dresden note peace efforts, Saxon conscription, and shortages in Britain including corn and rice prices.
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Mitchell
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Poland
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Saxony
Amsterdam
Admiralty College
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Hartfinck
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Tronchin
Brugéls
Joseph
Vienna
From Norfolk to Jamaica News In Early February
A string of obscure 18th century updates reports a Norfolk man injuring himself with a hatchet after avoiding a soldier in Yaxam, a jail transfer for William Holloway charged with horse theft and desertion, and political commentary on power and virtue. Extra letters describe Jamaica militia reviews, French privateers, and duties in Cornwall and Port Royal with troop movements toward Lusatia and America.
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Oxford
William Holloway
Jones
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Kingston Inn
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Portsmouth
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Pattison
Savoy
London
Canterbury
Robert Wells
Newington
Smythe
Pitt
Port Royal
Jamaica
England
Dauphin
Marseilles
Sphynx
Watson
Fowey
Cornwall
Lostwithiel
Bishop’s Castle
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America
Walter Waring
Lusatia
Prince of
Brunswick-Bevern
Thither
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Silesia
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the Two Sicilies
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Utrecht
Westphalia
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39Th Regiment of Foot
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