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Turmoil in Tortuga and D'Eon incident stir London chatter
Report recounts the French court uncertain on Tortuga affair and delaying judgment until America contacts Count d’Estaign. Chevalier D’Eon escorted by an Englishwoman in St James's Park as kidnappers were thwarted near Spring Garden Gate. News touches on Dutch gold import flows, ship movements at Spithead, public sermons, Bartholomew Fair proclamation, and local robberies including a ghafa robbery near Lark Hall and a Clapham pickpocket incident. Several vessel movements, wartime preparations, and charitable collections are noted. Historical incidents include fires, funerals, marriages, and price updates for grain at Bear-key.
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Tortuga
America
Count d’Estaign
Chevalier D’eon
St. James’s Park
Holland
Rotterdam
Harwich
Gavoff
Portsmouth
Scarborough
Stodd
Spithead
West Indies
Plymouth
Africa
Admiral Holborn
Lis Majesty
Phoenix
Scarborugh
London
Saerius
St. Paul’s
Sclarer
Pfain
Wanstead
Lucy
James
St. Catharine Creecalid
St. George’s
Racliffe Highway
Wmn. Wesley
Brixton Causeway
Clapham