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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 22, 1777

Page

3

American Privateers Prowl Atlantic News Update

Jul 24 London reports dispatches from Halifax on Ada mant and Hancock Privateer actions off Newfoundland and New York. Letters describe engagements with Fox frigate, Captain Johnson aboard Littleton, and warnings of privateer raids near Greenock and the Isle of Wight. Reports include Arethusa cruising for protection and Liverpool prize news amid a broad Channel trade threat.

George Gemaine Halifax Adamant Wyatt Lizard Johnson London New York Hancock Newfoundland Boston Fox Littleton Royal Henry Roufe East India House Tle Wight Lord Holland Haft-Indies Irvine Cort Greenock Mall of Galloway France Whitehaven Admiralty Isle of Bian Man Arethefa Liverpool Maddock Fightig Bristol Richards Germany Dominica Scilly Newbery Giddens Tynmouth Limerick Prince George White Madeira Leveson Gower Charles Town South Carolina Bilboa Valiant Cook Clarke John Fielding James Wood Eleanor Morren Ralph Cutler Lincoln’s Inn Mary Thomas Bradley Mary Bradley Merjin’s Cave Osbertus Hamley Little Britain Denton Sir John Bradley John Evington Samuel Scott His Majesty S Park Enfield Chace Perry Anderson Payne Southgate Richard Jones Scott Ode Poll Hawks Scot Jones New Prison Elizabeth Webb Jane Lees Carlisle Solway Firth Nancy Lowe Glafton Philip Stephens William Crosbie Albion Exeter Arethusa Ceres Great Britain Ireland Dublin Campbeltown Milford Cork Carrickfergus

Advices from America on war actions and promotions May 1777

Postscript extracts note a small engagement near Piscataway and a second assault repelled. Casualty and capture counts hover around five hundred with light American losses. Reports include officer promotions in Congress, jails and prisoners, plundered vessels, and naval actions along New York and Connecticut fronts. Deserters and private letters add details of Bonum town skirmishes and Combs's victory.

Morristown Piscataway Matouchia Col. Cooke Lieut. M'Cabe Bonum Town Lieut Dodge M’cabex Hartford Continental Congress Learned Massachusett’s Bay George Clinton New York Edward Hand Pennsylvania Scott Virginia Providence Jackson Boston Philadelpia Joe Flogger Consors Bourdeaux É&C. &c. &c. Alsoa Martinico Onduras Fifx Smedley Conneticut Ireland Antigua Skimmer T.te Canfo Barbadoes Nantz Philadelphia James Anderson Sweden Ce&c. &Cs Britain Holland Combe Combs Rang Connecticut Chesapeak Bay Albany United States Newport Andrew Brown the Army of the United States of America Rhde Island Long Island

Milford Haven Wheat and Corn Market Prices Noted

Report from Milford Haven on sale of bread wheat and corn at Bear Key the 2d infant. Meal weighers show London market figures: various quarters and prices from 44s to 48s. Wheat flour priced at bread as 739 at 425 with multiple lots and fack measures. Price alterations none.

Cornmarket Bear-Key London

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Postscript America Shaler N. London Sandy Hook New-York New-Haven Danbury David Wooster Daniel Griswould Charlestown S.C Continental Army Washington Salvation of Jacob Milligan Guinea Congress Warren Mercer Harpe Colvics St. John’s Richard Steel Williams Newgate Howe Peck New London Bas Milford Haven
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