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Notable Dispatches from London and Abroad on Trade and Society
Letters from Paris and Cadiz report theatre intrigues and naval cargoes as Voltaire plans a tragedy about Velasco, while ships carry two million plus in specie and cochineal. Local names, duties, and property deals surface, along with marriages, crimes, boxing matches, and public warnings about rat poison and smuggling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
Vera Cruz
San Joseph
Don John Augustin de Micalta
Europe
St. Andrew
Campbell
Bristol
Antigua
A. Law
Lewis
Ehis Place
George Dance
Dance
Rome
All-hallows London Wail
Holden
Denbirgen
Deianch
Ball
General Excise Ofice
Isle of Man
Brett
St. James's
Hughes
Posfession
St. Clement’s Danes
Henry Bennett
Dukestreet
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Sally Thompson
Lymington
Hampshire
Mountmertion
Dublin
Francis Jones
Wardrobe Court
Foifet
St. Paul’s
Torhill Fields
Thomas Robinsoft
Thomas Hunt