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Plate races and a charity death in Isle of Wight notice
Five entries competed Tuesday for the Plate of 201 won by Mr. Martindale’s Chesnut Mare Adfolly Wing. Wednesday saw five more for the 15 Plate, won by Mr. Clark’s Grey Mare. A heat race for 19 between Mr. Smith’s Grey Horse, Mr. Webser’s Grey Mare, and Mr. Thomson’s Bay Horse was won by the Bay Horse. Obituaries report Mrs. Hannah Dillington of Newchurch, Isle of Wight, a noblewoman of piety and charity. The document also covers Admiralty appointments, naval movements, privateering risks, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and legal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newchurch
Isle of Wight
Hannah Dillington
Robert Dillington, Bart
England
Board of Admiralty
Warren
Mitchell
Spain
Crown of
Great Britain
Bayonne
Port Passage
St. Sebastian
Gibraltar
Hon. East-India Company
Admiralty
Douglass
Holland
Princess of Orange
Duke of Manchester
London
Henry Pelham
Bloomsbury-Square
Francis
Earl of Essex
Lord Gower
Dutchess
Bridgewater