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Ode to Majesty's Birthday with War News and Murders
An 18th century poem and news digest mix a royal birthday ode with naval sieges, privateers, and crime briefs. Reports of lace seizures, street robberies, house break ins, and prisoner committals interleave with updates on ships Jersey Medley Cain and privateers near Plymouth and Tort. The column quotes Boston and Barnstaple letters detailing loot, captures, and captures of both prizes and men, plus bankruptcy and weekly mortality figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin and
Quail
Blackwall
Grainger
Carnaby-Market
Cross
Goldsmith
Ratcliff ‘Highway
Goodman’s Fields
Mr. Dalton
Bell Alley
Coleman Street
John Harman
Wood
Treet Compter
Merlieurs Finch and Company
Mercers
Smithfield Cloysters
William Harper
Newgate
Alexander Forfar
Headborough
John Laws
Robert Pain
Bregantz
Jersey
Hardy
Plymouth
Newfoundland
Intrepide
Rous
Mentor
Combettes
St. Domingo
Marie
Therese
Forigne
Martinico
Bourdeaux
Esperance
France
Grouths
Medley
Cain
Abigail
Samuel Tingley
New-York
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Tariff
Tingley
Warrs