Admiralty notices and Caribbean fleet movements amid war talk
A long extract details naval actions and officer bravery, with Captain Carteret wounded and praised for leadership during action against a privateer. It covers Lord Howe and General Howe’s movements, possible Chesapeake Bay operations, and conjectures on French forces amid preparations for a Jamaica and West Indies convoy. Reports include ships arriving at Cork and Portsmouth from Grenada, Barbadoes, and Antigua, and mentions of Parliament prorogation and naval dispositions.
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Juliana
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Royal
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Thomas
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Nathaniel Bayley
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Names of 18th Century Naval Personnel Fragment
Fragmentary list of naval personnel including lieutenants surgeons mates and marines with multiple misreadings and unclear spellings. Names such as John Benniganz James Nicholson James Plumbley James Goonel Connolly Wood Nicholas Poulson James Murray and Robert Othorne appear amid garbled OCR text from a maritime record.
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Patricks Lowey
Ratveny Nike
Johni Benniganz
Charles Ra
Herilen James
Thomas
Connolly
Jobs
Wood
Nicholas’ Poulson
Duns
Jaimes Miller
Hemas
Abbut
James
Murray
Roberts Othorne
Sanduel Ketson
John
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Fleet actions and privateering news amid storms and wrecks
Reports recount a gale driving ships in the Channel with several vessels damaged or burnt by lightning. Distress includes Jamaica to Liverpool being set ablaze, privateers at Bilbao and Portland, and Gloucester fleet movements. Also noted are naval appointments, prices at Ipswich and Derby fairs, deaths, and grain quotes amid a broad sailor and market snapshot.
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Agutt
Phey Lok
Pheiy It Witte
Kingston
Fowler
Augustus Cafar
Duffel
Jamaica
Watt
London
Peck
Mannshe
Brewer
Ann Susanmah
Cambell
Christiana
Glasgow
Bristol
Liverpool
Manning
Alexander
Molly
Foudroyant
Mackey
Florida
Lord Mayor's Letter and Dublin Coal Price Bill
Dublin reports publish a letter from Lord Mayor with orders for merchant guidance. Welcome Michaelmas ceremonies note Lord Mayor and sheriffs to be sworn. discussion of a bill to fix coal prices in Dublin Port, targeting Swansea coal dealers amid monopolistic concerns.
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Henry Gore Sankey
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October Meeting Concludes First Year Plate Subscriptions
An October 4 meeting marks the first year of the four year old plate with a subscription priced per egg. Subscriptions grant sole property rights to subscribers and outline race entries and weights for a list of horses including Venus, Raffelas, Di Grafton, Herod, Titan, Otho Tremampadou, Farnham, Rosalba, Pigott, Cumberland, Sulphur, Jemminy the Drummer, Hippolitus, Warwick, and Clermont.
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Ld Offory
Titan
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Tremampadou
Farnham
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Lord March
Rosalba
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Horrentot
D. Cumberland
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Litele Thao
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G. Hangeis
Jemmny
Clermont
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Vernon
Warwick
Public discourse on parliamentary reform and patriotism
A long, fragmented letter to Lord Abingdon discusses duty to country, praise for the Abingdon name, and warnings against corruption. It laments moral decline, mocks mercantile policies, and urges restraint, parliamentary reform, and an appeal to the nation while defending traditional virtue and the Elector of Hanover.
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Bristol
Edward Newezham
Lord Abingdon
Abingdon
Batists
New York
Massachusetts Bay
Brunswick
Nantucket
Anfgach
Spain
Hedlander
Portugal
Europe
America
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