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Shipments in Prohibited Trade and Local Incidents Reported
The document notes a Fast-India Company shipment of cloth in a covert private trade, banned by its charter. It also reports drownings at Dunham and near Shoreditch, Admiralty changes, prisoner exchanges, Carolina dispatches, and various local accidents, crimes, and stock quotes, all reflecting late eighteenth century concerns and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast-India
Godolphin
Difmi
West
Dunham
Lancashire
Rofthern
Mate Heath
Altringham
Cheshire
Chelmsford
Essex
Robert Abdy, Bart
Thomas Bramston
Knights of the Shire
Montague Bente
Henry Sway Fland
Thomas Liméburter
Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty
Cowper
Port-Mahon
the Admiralty
Ushant
Ireland
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Design’d For the Expedition Under Lord Cathcart
Portsmouth
Sir John Norris
Portland
St. Joseph
Carolina
Oglethorpe
St. Augustine
Pristol
Anglesea
Redditch
Antigua
Jamaica
Rogers
Province Town
New-England
Connecticut
Cape Cod
Dunn
Blackman Street
Southwark
Brentford