Money Matters and Naval Dispatches from the Port
A gossip of financial offers for nobles and planters in need of money with Bertie in Vine Street handling discreet applications. Also a wartime letter from Cryport notes a Jamaica bound ship captured by a privateer. The Kent Monarch and Warwick prepared for 128 guns, Exeter ordered to sea, dockyard trades to close early. Ramillies and Ardent guards paid overdue wages. Invincible and Trident slated as guard ships require repairs after rotting. The Two Brothers and Albion reach Jamaica with enslaved people. many West India families plan to return home due to war costs. Oath of office for John Rutledge as South Carolina leader. Shipping and trade notes, a Kendal cottons sales downturn, and notable court trials at Old Bailey with multiple convictions.
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Cryport
Kent
Monarch
Warwick
Venue
Exeter
Chatham
Invincible
Trident
Dawson
Albion
Svar Co
John Rutledge
South Carolina
Carolina
Congress
America
Ana
Michaelheas
Parkdirtenn
Order of the Bath
General Howe
Pryde
Odg Minutidlorisi
Kendal
Bapdeniof
SeJohn
Hyde Spark
John ‘Smitton
Robert Gapper
Hampstead
Smith
John Richardson
Robert Your
Grosvenor Gate
Blyde-park
Harding
Koede
Bean
Beapkirs
Edagge
John Pandetans
John Laebeth
Tinkes
Thomas Ebralt
Duke of Beitford
Fite
Miss Welk
Wison
Gavent Garden Theatre
Thomas Bray
Bix
Oxfordshire
Dartfeld
Surry
Yeterday
William Cumine
Inser Temple
Martha
Burghers of Paris and Brest port rumors amid Brittany mine death
Yesterday a mail from Flanders reports Rochfort ordered ships at Paris port to be fired out with utmost diligence and many canons and mortars moved to Brest. A former broker, now very wealthy, died when a mine he opened on his Brittany estate collapsed, crushing him.
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Yeterday
Flanders
Paris
Rochfort
Brest
Brittany
Dispatches from Jamaica and Europe on military drafts and peace
Letters from Jamaica report troop drafts and retirement notices as the King orders aging officers to retire with pensions and garrisons at Gibraltar and Mahon may be augmented to shift English troops. Gibraltar letters suggest peace between the Emperor and the Dutch, with Dutch cargo protected and captains not enslaved. A Corke report notes an American privateer entering Bantry Bay amid a gale, and the Rockingham arrives from Jamaica in Liverpool with further advices.
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Basil Keith
Jamaica
Rockingham
Charles
Liverpool
Hanover
Shepare
Gibraltar
Mahon
Corke
Bantry Bay
Winil
Dublin
Beira
Stvergsil
Jonadica
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Duke
Lucio
Kingy Francisca
Johnsten
Habella
Robisette
Wrighten
Camilla
Covent-Garden
Romeo
Ward
Mercutio
Woodward
Juliet
Jackson
A&i
AQIV
Jupiter
Mr. Reiffield
Wehus
Mattocks
Iris
Valdis
Juno
Mile Carley
Bok
Moor
NEW English Theatre
Reddish
Beverley
Barrard
Delatire
J. Benk
Z Lowes
AUIL
Aldridge
Christie
Pall Mall
Edward Ting
Roydon
Hoddesdon
Hereford
Garraway
Bertie
Piccadilly
Otter
SH Bee and Co
Charing-Crofe
Northumberland House
Change Valley
Cornhill
Althoush
N.H
Pcs & Crown
Jacob Hemet
Amelia
Hemet
W. Begley
Cockspur-freet
Haymarket
Leastenhall-Street
London
M. Purdie
Bath
William
Bond
Jones
Leicester-fields
Efaran and
Truerfinne
R. R
No. 13
Essex
N.S
W. Bayley
Cockpur-street
John Price
Padepha's-Street
John Grosvenor
Turnile
Holborn
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
A. Rothwell
New Bondstreet
M. BR. Agrome
William Bayley
Cockpar-street
Leaenhalt-street
B.newbery
St Paul's Churchyard
J. Grosvenaor
the Box
Oearren
Richard Warren
Golden-square
Woodstreet
Cheapside
James
Rathbone-Pyree
Mr. Norton
Golden Iquare
Huster Studd
Leigh
Henry Ellis
Jeremiah Gillam
Warsen
John Norton
Norton
Golden Square
Anthen Fry
G. Kearfly
J. Stoskdale
Bull-Head Court
Wgate Street
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LOND
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