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Disparate Notices From a Distant Trading World
The page records a mix of maritime dispatches, ship movements, and court notices. It notes the East India Company taking on vessels like the Le Ponto and the Benjamin, Baker’s voyage leave, deaths of Norwich merchants, and various appointments. It also details prize captures, excise trials, and naval intelligence from Lisbon to the Baltic, with privateers and merchant ships involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honourable East-India Company
le Ponto
Bailey
Fihher
Benjamin
Baker
Stafford
Ching
Norwich
Edmand Curmey
Hamotead
Duke of
Manchester
Grofienge
Hoife
Akermanbury
Angings
Brigland
Affiborne
Duke
Admiralty
N . Foha Niairn
Hindon
Wilks
Salisb
Es “Thomas Wells
Thomas Phipps
Bedford-Row
Itons Pott
Wilethire
Farrell
Aftle
Seven Dials
Porter-Street
Henry ‘Penrice
Sturgis
Phillipina Maria Anse
Bahia
Hasna Tabi
Cape
Bombay
Chinas
Duke of Lorain
Hancock
Benjar
Hochelle
N.S
Matimico
West-Indies
Rochile
Admiral Tortés
Fléming
Taft
St. Luke
Porto
Samuel
James
Gutteridge
Newcattle
Portugal
Joe
Esther
Wallis
Gottenbourg
London
Norway
Mary
Forstal
Rotterdam
Waterford
Calais
Robert
Barbara
Ansell
Lynn
Amsterdam
Estes
Lisbon
Tagus
Clements
Coxivoy
Baltimoré
Torngton
Baltimore
Nis
Alto
Ivory