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War declared to seek peace and royal defence news
A report from Brussels notes King George II pursuing a just war with allies toward honorable peace. Letters from Portsmouth and Yarmouth recount naval moves, privateers captured prizes, wrecks around the British coast, and a lottery drawing at Guildhall. Obituaries and local notices conclude with deaths and civic records.
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Prussia
Count Daun
Portmouth
Thompson
Flamborough
Seaford
Hle
Wight
Durell
London
Holbourne
Wood
Hull
Hamburgh
Liverpool
Isle of Man
Dodgson
Lancaster
Marlborough
South Carolina
Glasgow
Virginia
Spain
France
Yarmouth
Orford
Suffolk
Veffel
Upenhover
Zickree
Zealand
Leendert Peck
England
Carnarvon Bay
Thomas Pollard
Africa
America
Ann
Seth Houghton
Guadalupe
Houghton
Bording
Wybrand
Matter
Pillau
Conigsberg
Baltick
St. Ubes
Guildhalls
George Murray
Medenblick
Holland
George Warrander
Conway
Dragoons
Hoxton
Germany
Wilson
White-Hart Yard
Drury Lane
Nathaniel Patten
Doctors Commons
Barlow, Beadle
Cordwainers Company
Otober
Old Church
Elizabeth Hilton
Robert Cores
Simon Roberts
Thomas Chadwicke
James Hilton
William Newton
Dale-street
T. Cross
Efgr
Leaf
Cromwell
Charles the Id