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English intelligence notes about war and dispatches in London
Reports reach London of a Dutch vessel affidavit to Sir Robert Walpole about the Brest fleet sighted on the 13th. Paris declares war on Tuesday. Secretaries of State meet in Weymouth House to discuss the intel from Paris. Letters from Cadiz describe Spanish preparations near Gibraltar and cannons en route to Algeciras while the Spanish squadron sits ready. Smuggling report and a Dunkirk spy relay to Lord Walpole. events include ship movements toward Philadelphia and Portmouth, fires in London, and various local notices.
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Robinson
Treasury
Brest
Ushant
Admiral Keppel
St. James’s
Great Britain
Paris
Kew
Lord Weymouth
Cadiz
Alguezira
Bay of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Lord George Germain
Kent
Dunkirk
England
New Lork
Yee Fundig
NantwéKeg Shoate
Becalm
Portimionth
Faby
Grampus
Philadelphia
Poldres the Lively
Biggs
Marshall
Torbay
Mas Jesty
Worcester
Thundeger
Mars
Modeste
Woolwich
Florida
Guernséy
Greenland
Hull
St. Ausqustine
Newenham
Farenhen
Goldsmith’ Street
Fetter-lane
Cox
St. Giles’s
Moby
Reddy
Matt
Baker