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Rogues and highwayman exploits and a drowning tale
A letter recounts pistols found with the rogues, a warning to the master. At St Bartholomew's Hospital a man had a stone removed by Mr Freke. A highwayman who robbed a coach fled to Greenwich, was pursued, captured, and sent to Maidstone Gaol. A fisherman's boat overturned near Chelsea, the master drowned, the boy saved. A well dressed young woman was found drowned and laid out for kin. Reports from Cadiz and Barcelona describe sickness and Privateers. ships forced ashore near Walmer. South Sea stocks and financials close at variegated levels.
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March
Freke
Salisbury Court
Eltham
Black-Heath
Greenwich
Maidstone
Chelsea
Battersea
Hammersmith
New River Head
Clerkenwell
Cadiz
N.S
Spain
Barbary
Barcelona
Plymouth
Robinson
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Mary of Pool
Joseph Taverner
Cagliari
Sardinia
Norway
Walmer Castle
Dover
Deal
Lisbon
London
Diana
South Sea
India
Thalf African
York Buildings
Royal Exchange Afsurance Roy