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Treasury news and royal notices from March 1739
London reports include preparations to strike medals at the Tower after Vere Vernon’s victory at Porto Bello with six men of war. A marriage is arranged between Matthew Lamb of Red-Lion-Square and Miss Coke, daughter of Thomas Coke. Other items note royal assent to public and private measures, shipping embargo debates, price surges in beef, and various deaths, appointments, and legal notices from the realm.
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London
Tower
Porto Bello
Vernon
Jamaica
Mathew Lamb
Red-Lion-Square
Eig
Miss Coke
Thomas Coke
Knief
County of
Derby
Chiathberlain
Aube
Gebigerhe
Sohosquare
Fohin Conyers
Ely
Edward’ Conyers
Copt
Essex
Efra
Robinson
Terrington
Mainland
Norfolk
Swetman
House of Peers
Duke of Richmond
Earl of Dunmore
Eggland
Wales
Stuart
Prince Frederick
Uerice Frederick
Ole Bietus
West-Indies
Versoi
Bello
Cork
Ireland
Duke of Bedford
Bloonbury-square
Beauclerk
Witt
Henry Beaquclerk
Duke of
Little Gaddesden
County of Hertford
William Ellis
Benjamin Blany
Leadenhall-street
Cornhill