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.
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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.
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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.
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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