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Vast Early Atlantic Shipping News From Plymouth and London
Plymouth and London ship movements pace the page with arrivals and sailings. Vessels such as the Lamb Hunter and Neptune depart for London, Pompadour and Endeavour arrive from Seville and Newfoundland, while many others sail to Dublin, Cadiz, Amsterdam, and Lisbon. Local notices praise Henry Shiffner against tax acts and report political and criminal happenings across Plymouth, Minehead, and beyond.
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Plymouth
Ince
Dispatch
Sears
Charles Town
Lamb
Hunter
London
Weymouth
Henry and Joseph
Akerman
Cevidence
Andrews
Neptune
Biachford
Lithen
Portland Road
Pool
Collingswood
Seville
Endeavour
Miller
Newfoundland
Active
Watts
South Carolina
Heaning
Wareham
Thompson
William
Samuel
Eagle
Cowes
St. Croix
West Indies
Amsterdam
Berry
Nelson
Dublin
Deal
Iis
Prince of Wales
le Cocq
Jemaicas
Diligence
Hayde
Minerva
War
Martha
Figtree
Gibraler
Clarendon
Hay
Friendship
Jeferson
Cadiz
Ruby
Jamica
Alexander
Reed
Granadoes
Dorothy
Elizabeth
Butler
Lisbon
Bilboa
Wind W
Minehead
Henry Shiffner
Cyder
Perry
Earl of Thomond
Borough of
Minthead
Sam
Matthias
Newington
Bermondsey
Lambert
Hanover
Camberwell
John Fielding
Peckham
John George
Stamp-office
Paddington
Pering-Post-office
Hlington
Paternoster Row
Ife
Ifington
Chelsea-college-wall
Robert Vine
William Clark
Hague
Germany
Prussia
Prince Henry
Poland
Russia
Fast- Indies
Amterdam
States of Holland
Ahmet Effendi
Berlin
Paris
Grenoble
Chamber of Vacations
M. du Mefisil