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Port News and Naval Notes Across Atlantic and Europe
Reports describe ships wrecked or cast ashore near Valencia and Ushant, impressments in royal yards, and sailing losses. News from Dublin, Paris, and Poland notes political shifts, royal regulations on vacant benefices, and court visits. Floods in Thames and Trent threaten commerce, with race preparations in London and multiple ships grounded or saved near Barnstaple and Cowes. Jamaica reports rebels tightening control as troops delay. Local crime details include a pawn-broking fraud case in London and a summary of executions in 1734.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Abbot
Joseph Raven
Candia Bay
Iceland
Modena
Paris
Italy
Valencia
Barcelona
N.S
Tiddiman
Cook
Newfoundland
Fitch
Dantzick
Augustus
Stanislaus
Poland
Cremona
Marshal de Coigny
Marquess de St
Richlieu
Fronsac
de Cruffol
Blois
Marlh
Versailles
Salam
Chertley
Thames
Boston
Lincolnshire
Newark
Trent
Nottingham
London
Grantham
Haymarket
Surinam
Barnstaple Bay
Bex
Neptune
Park
Britannia
Capell
Seville
Ushant
France
Cowes
Bearton
Laud
Elizabeth
Anne
Young
Dolphin
Gale
Unity
Spriggs
Alice
Deborah
Ward
John
Addison
Hope
Buffon
Old Castle
N.N.W
Molly
Edmund Coursey
Cork
Jamaica
Gibraltar
Hastings
Sussex
John Parnell
Customs
Cliffs-End
Matthew Moses
Rous
Seven-Dials
Villany
Secur
Secur’d
St. Giles's
David
Rickeby