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News of stamp duties and naval dispatches in seventeenth century empire
Reports from Jamaica and France describe stamp duties funding post roads and public works while Sir William Burnaby's squadron pursues a Bermudian vessel seized off Cuba. Letters note Paoli's Corsican bid, victories on Coromandel coast, and ships arriving at Bombay and Bengal with cargoes bound for London and China. A storm at Bull Bank wrecks two vessels. local governance and clergy appointments are recorded alongside crime, executions, and market prices.
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York
North America
Jamaica
Wiliam Burnaby
Leeward
Guarda Costas
Cuba
France
Corsica
Paoli
Nebbio
Duke of Albany
Haldane
Downs
Madrass
Coromandel
Madura
Palmacota
Steph Cain
Bengal
Lascelles
Calcutta
Thompson
Bombay
Vansittasr
Lewin
Carnarvon
Hutchinson
Devonshire
Quick
Earl of Lincoln
Hardwick
Gardner
Anganga
Princess Augusta
Baddison
Bencoolen
Worcester
Hall
Duke of Gloucester
Burdett
Lord Holland
Nairn
Northumberland
Milford
London
Fort St. George
China
Admiral Pocock
Manillas
Miling
Erith
Edgar
Shannon
Africa
Madeira
Bull Bank
Mortyn
Floop Friendship
Luke Kervin
Drogheda
Liverpool
William Woods
Jane
Mary
James Nakin
Hylake
River Thames
Ratcliffe
Common Council
Aldersgate Ward
George Lewis Carr
Ballshaw
John Saunders
Bishopsgate
William Ogers
Richard Munday
Breadstreet
John Ru@el
Candlewick
Philip Millo