Rafton and Philadelphia News from Sept 15 to Sept 29
Fragmentary colonial news reports ships near Louisa and Fort William Henry engagement survivors from Albany say they were taken by Indians near Fort William Henry and carried to Ticonderoga. Philadelphia notes killings and scalping by Indians in Lancaster County and Shippensburg areas, with two children abducted from M'Cormick's Fort and a George Miller family attacked. A prize schooner and a privateer prize near Rhode Island are mentioned, along with a Mississippi flag of truce bearing seven English prisoners.
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Louitrhouig
Halikik
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Albany
Fort William-Henry
Ticonderoga
Montreal
Philadelphia
Hanover Township
Lancaster County
M‘clure
William Campbell
John Campbell
Carlisle
M'Cormick
Shippensburgh
Conecocheague
Mont
Robert Ruft
Mackron
George ‘Miller
Smil Jer
Sie
Shie
Rhodé
London Letter XVII on Cadiz Prize and Gallicia Coalition
In this London letter the author rails at the Cadiz affair and the Penthievre prize, alleging Spanish interference and royal orders, praising British steadfastness and condemning the ministry for overreach, while noting appointments for sheriffs across English counties.
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Sion de Croix
Gallicia
Sebastian de Eslava
Council of War
Monsieur de Azler
Cadiz
Gerson
Majesty's Ships and Privateers Sail for Jamaica and Nevis
In Deal and surrounding ports in November, Royal Navy vessels Montague Falmouth Royal Sovereign Isis Roebuck Vettal Glasgow Aldborough Beaver Pelican and the Adventure, with outward bound ships, sail toward Jamaica and Nevis. Arrivals include Montross from Virginia Devonshire Jacobs from Boston Jamaica Frigate Read and Eagle Tomlinson from Jamaica. Wind conditions shift from south east to north west as vessels proceed and remain with the fleet.
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Ann
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Willett
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Read
Eagle
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Montague
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Dover
Rochester
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Isis
Roebuck
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