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London and Londoners in the aftermath of war news
Reports from London detail Lord Stormont's fragile stance at the French Court and delays in securing New York. From Charlestown famine prices rise sharply. shortages extend to linen, bay rum, pins, hats, and shoes. Privateers, ships, and British naval actions are logged, with stock markets reacting to rumors of French and Spanish fleets heading to America.
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Lord Weymouth
Lord Stomont
Madrid
Earl of Grantham
Lord Stormont
Silas Deane
England
New York
King’Bridge
Staten Island
Charlestown
South Carolina
Ofnaburgh
Walker
Hereford
Liverpool
Grenada
Unicorm
Jamaica
Watt
London
Maidstone
Pallas
Spithead
Spain
Bilboa
Gibraltar
Katherine
Thomas Love
Senegal
Chatham
Pegasus
Thomas Halifax
France
America
T. Greenough
Ludgate-hill
W. Bayley
Perfumner
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
M.purdie
King’s | Act
Tolu
T.rrenough