Convoy of His Majesty Ships Arrive From Jamaica
A convoy including Lynn Otter Swallow with Vallette Nash Robert and Charles Groves Polling Somarfell Sterling Castle Ganderer Success Conry sails West. The Swallow guides the fleet. Albany sloop arrives with about twenty sail from the Westward along with Ostrich Hawkins from Falmouth. Wind 5 W fresh.
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Hig Majesty
Lynn
Vallette
Nash
Robert
Charles Groves
Polling
Somarfell
Sterling Castle
Ganderer
Success
Conry
Jamaica
Swallow
Albany
Ostrich
Hawkins
Falmouth
Paris and London Dispatches from 1758 War News
Translation of a Belem dated dispatch from Sept 12 1758 reports the king’s fall and arm injury at the palace with royal authority briefly enabling the Queen to sign documents. Extra extracts detail movements to Louisbourg St John River and Saint Lawrence operations, naval ships, raids, and merchant captures. Additional letters describe garrison parolees, drunken wealth, privateers in Boston and Bristol, and assorted naval prizes along with court appointments, marriages, deaths, and local incidents.
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London
M. da Cunha
Belem
Louisbourg
Whitmore
Bragg
Lascelles
Hopton
Oxway
Royal Americans
River of St. John
Bay of Fundy
Royal
Amherst
Anstruther
Saint Lawrence
Quebeck
Cape Francois
Old France
Forbes
Webb
Warburton
Highlanders
Boston
Abercrombie
Extra&t
Ashburton
France
Exeter
Plymouth
Martinico
Irony Bally
Redbury
Beint
Forte
Norfolk
Kesper Kis
Lincoln’s Inn. Hall
Michiaemas
Wigzithe-Firh
Abel: Ward
OA. M
Chester
St. Annne
Manchester
County of Lancaster
Dodleston
County of
Thomas Brooke
L.L. D
Thomas Wetenhall
Baddiley
Robert Frodsham
Henry Mainwaring
William Norris
Riddlesworth
Garthorp
Worcester
Mr. Brown
Bristol
Miss Bullock
Bullock
Ordnance Office
Tower
Laft
Epsom
Surry
William Woodley
Joseph Feilding
Oxford Street
Mills Handcock
Fe’nnight
Yarmouth
John Ives
Bosworth
Leicestershire
Jeremiah Ockendon
Ely
Oxford
Gun-street
Spital- Fields
Bishopsgate
John Bird
Limehouse Reach
Thames
Evans
Beighthelmstone
Sussex
Southwark
A New Work This Day Price Three pence Cont. No XXII
An advertisement for a weekly illustrated Bible commentary titled A New Work This Day. It promotes two sheets per issue, notes and explanations of the Old and New Testaments, royal licence, and broad sales in Britain and Ireland. It mentions additional plates, prices, publishers R Goodby and Baldwin, and continued delivery until completion.
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England
Scotland
Ireland
R. Goodby
Sherbourne
R. Baldwin
Pacernofter Row
Moses
Solomon
Jerusalem
Canaan
Complete Sets of Natural History Books Available
Advertisement for The Weekly Publication offering three hundred copper plates in four volumes, with illustrations of animals, minerals, fossils and more. Urges subscribers to complete their sets by securing four volumes for 25 shillings or eight volumes for 2 pounds 5 shillings. notes few remaining issues and im- perfect sets otherwise.
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W. Owen
Ac ‘Temple
Postscript on War Finance and Naval Action in London
Postscript from London urges continued advocacy for a decisive war against France to secure future peace. It calls for prudent war management, controlled costs, and transparency in government accounts. The text notes recent naval actions, ship movements, and port damage from a severe gale, with several Royal Navy vessels docking and refits, while listing current market prices for grains and financial instruments.
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North America
Canada
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