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Storm News and Trade Notes From London and Abroad
Reports from Worcester and Nottingham describe heavy snows bending fruit boughs and dangerous weather while a Edmonton woman drowned after being blown off a road into a ditch. A Dutch ship of 40 guns ashore near Boulogne and two British vessels lost at sea are noted alongside privateer captures. Ship news includes the Illustrious Pair taken to St Sebastian and Polkinhorn's crew freed at Falmouth. Market updates list South Sea stocks, bank figures, and canal/insurance prices amid talk of domestic manufactures. The City of London plans a parliamentary representation meeting at Vintners Hall while debt payments are urged to be settled with Cambridge creditors.
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Worcester
Herefordshire
Worcestershire
Nottingham
Mary
Nichols
Pool
Yarmouth
Calais
Chaloner Ogle
Plymouth
Dartmouth
Falmouth
Wildey
Bristol
St. Sebastian
Polkinhorn
Ruscoe
France
Sterling
Ireland
Nantz
Theatre-Royal
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Charing Cross
South Sea Brock
Gj Thalf
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
India
Prem
Mine Adventure
City of London
Vintners Hall
Thames Street