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London Militia Company Officers and Royal Prospects
A London militia company described with 600 men under a Court-Martial led by Sir John Robinson and Sir Joseph Sheldon plans, noting royal patronage and the desire for a Royal Branch of the family as Captain General. Also reports distress in Jamaica and Logwood trade, with cargo losses and political notes shared from multiple cities and recent deaths and accidents in London.
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John Robinson
Joseph Sheldon
Mews
Maitland
London
Prince George of
Denmark
Duke of Marlborough
Prince Eugene
George the First
George the Second
City
Jerusalem
Westminster Abbey
Bay of Honduras
Mosquero
Mobile
Pensacola
Mosqueto
Jamaica
England
Caraffee
Friendship
Morgan
Guarda Certa
Lisbon
Porto- Bueze
Ea House
Marybohbe
Richmond
Edward Blount
Bart
Walter Blount
Mawley
Bridgenorth
Shropshire
Hillersdon
Devonshire
Jane Cruwys
Henry Cruwys
New Inn 5
Thomas Augustus Cruwys
Stamp-office
Laft
Glympton
Oxfordshire
Wheate
Thomas Wheate
Wandsworth
Isaac le Roach
Holbourn
Dias
Barbadoes
Ssaine Day
Freet-street
Frederick Muller
Tomlyn
River Thames
Weybridge
Lumer
Leadenhall Street
Amter
Hampstead-heath
Westminster
Benjamin Robert Turbett
Garrick
Drgdane House
Province Sentente
Hillindon
Piccadilly
Lambeth
Aurnpike
Westminster-bridge
Sir John Fielding
Abel Jennings
Pennings
Smith
Walters
Lewisham
Kent
Middlesex
Surry
Stoyp
Florida
Adam Gordon
America
Amsterdam
Mountsbay
Cornwall
Ireland
Isle of Man
Broad St. Giles’s
Allen Magra