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Fleet movements and privateer actions headline at Dover and Portsmouth
Reports from London detail Commodore Keppel and Lord Anson at Kensington before Africa bound ships depart, Privateers capturing prizes off the French coast, Dutch vessels harmed near Dover, and measures at Spithead. Racing results at Doncaster provide broader late September notes, along with civic appointments and a lottery discussion in a public letter.
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Lord Anson
Kenington
Keppel
Africa
Portsmouth
Hanover
Prince George
Marth
Dover
Dobson
Hazard
London
Plymouth
France
Swandreff
Jan Jantzen
St. Lucar
Dantzick
Spithead
Downs
Dunkirk
Jamaica
Admiralty
Alan of
Portmouth
Isle of Wight
Duke of Richmond
Hilfey Barracks
Admiral Saunders
Panther
Shulcan
Robert Hughes
Norfolk
Harman
Berwick
Owen
Torbay
Ireland
Southampton
Sandys
Effingham’s
St. Cas
Lord Sandys
India
Booth Sea
Dutta