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Scarcity of grain prompts convoy from Livonia to Riga
In June 1757 reports list orders for loading forty galliots from the magazine to be sent to Riga under convoy of a warship due to grain scarcity in Livonia and Estonia. The item covers naval steps, privateers, mutinies, and regional disturbances across multiple European locations.
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Civita Vecchia
St. Paul
Nazé
Fune
Stadthouse
Amy
Swabia
Bers
Dresden
Zittau
Rohingratz
Dublin
Corporation of Brewers and Maltters
William Pitt
Henr Bilton Legge
Great Britain
Henry Bilton Legge
Efyis
Ephraim Thwaites
Rathmullin
Sligoe
John Harloe
Efyi
Sir Edward King
Boyle, Bart
John Mathewman
Dronthem
Essex-Street
Isabella Rey
Clare Crosby
Deceas
Newgate
Corke
Phiilis Burchell
Francis Gwynn
Britannia
Virie
Windsor
Bowles
Earl of Permore
Mr. Bullock
Mr. White
Mr. Smith
Call’d Orhello
Rumford
Mr. Warren
Grantham
Hull
Mr. Bethell
Tartar
Scurdy
Merry Batchelor
Champion
Mr. Wood
Chesnut
Whittington
Blaze
Reya
Mr. Robinson
Mufick
Bethell
Torbay
Moore