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Postscript London News Roundup of War and Society
Postscript from London reports naval actions and prizes including Colchester Man of War arrival at Plymouth with the Mars of Marseilles, Crescent engagement, and Arundel retaking. Lane notes losses at sea, captures near St Kitts, and arrivals at Leghorn. Also social items: marriages, births, and a lottery draw. political commentary on French credit and calls for a paper currency subscription.
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Townsend
Jending
Colchester
Plymouth
Queberon Bay
Mars
Marseilles
St. Domingo
Barrington
Southampton
West Indies
Martinico
Curacco
Portsmouth
Duke of Cumberland
Falmouth
Corunna
Seip
John
Elizabeth
Linthorn
London
Quebec
America
Maxwell
Neck
Virginia
Petersburgh
Ingria
Livonia
Finland
Siberia
Europe
Thomas Stapleton
House of Commons
Oxford
Guildhall
Hyde
Lord Hyde
Duke Street
St. James’s
Dallowe
Epsom
Elizabeth Hartopp
John Harcopp
Upper- Grosvenor-street
Grosvenor-square
Juliet Collier
Earl of
Matthews
Arundel
Barbadoes
James Willis
Samuel Saunders
Fhames
Horflydown
Qquis Majesty
London Magazine
France
Gripus
Lucre
Kear
Léing
Tom
Sis
Britannicus