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Penthievre Prize Controversy and Allied War Updates
Testimony from 1757 reveals French and English privateers debated the legality of the Penthievre prize near Ferrol and Corunna. Engineers and gunners reportedly deemed the capture lawful, but Perjury accusations followed political pressure. Nearby dispatches discuss Prussia, Silesia, and Hanoverian strategy alongside royal appointments and local notices.
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William Foster
Cadia
Foster
France
England
Bayonne
Bilboa
Negarro
Corunna
Ferrol
Penthievre
Gallicia
Cadiz
Ferro
Duc de Penthievre
Amr
Yany
Capeau Foster
Aaigainean
Pit
New York
Lord Loudoun
Halifa
Albany
Plymouth
Fan
Gosport
Milford
London
Jamaica
Portmouth
Spithead
Charles Hardy
Gibraltar
Portland
Experiment
Admiral Osborne
Broderick
Neptune
Quebeck
Roebuck
St. Alban’s
Isle of Purbeck
Emanuel
Seville
Padstow
Viscount Edgecumbe
Duke of Somerset
James Cochran
John Brown Peregrine Lascelles
John Bruce Hope
John Folbiort
Thomas Murray
James Stuart
Lord John Murray
John Earl of
Loudoun
Maurice Buckland
William Panmure
George Beauclerk
George Sackville
William Earl of
Hindon
Wilts
James Dawkins
Edward Talbot
Kempstone
Stafford
Lichfield
Coventry
Guildhall
Voyle
Dover
Miss Elliott
Elliott
Rudbaxton
Jos. Green
Windsor
New Brentford
George Safford
Thames-street
Butcher
Wellings
Esterday
Hampstead
Collett