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Murder Rumors and Rewards Spark London Gossips
The report details suspected killings among the Gidder faction after shore arrival, with a promised reward of fifty pounds by the Earl of Antrim for discovering an accomplice. It recounts violent robberies near Ilford, a drowning at Erith after a tavern outing, the loss of the Swedish ship Keyser Koomen with all hands, and various European court intrigues including Madrid royal celebrations, Verdant dispatches, and diplomatic moves in Italy, Vienna, and Tripoli.
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Earl of Antrim
Wall
Ford
Walt
Ilford
Smith
Crown and Thistle
Billixer-lane
Erith
Thames
Keyser
Paulus Koomen
N.S
Bay of Biscay
Cadiz
St. Sebastian
Mynbeer Wraight
Stockholm
Madrid
Italy
Spain
Duke de Montemar
Philip
Duke de Sara-Buencompagno
Don Carlos
Paris
St. Genevieve
Florence
Marshal de Noailles
Modena
Bologna
M. du Theil
Vienna
Tripoli
Tuscany
Beau-Monde
Naples