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Parliamentary grievances and naval news from 1740 letters
In September 1740 letters urge support for reducing placemen in Parliament and safeguarding liberties while monitoring the use of taxes for ongoing war. The bulletin reports ships, appointments, arrivals at Greenwich, and Fleet movements, plus social notices from London, Dublin, and Ipswich. It recounts ship captures, privateering, and a famed sea action where Captain Spawforth and crew capture a Spanish privateer, with prize shares allotted to the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
East-India Company
Greenwich
Deptford
Charles Wager
Holland
Chelsea
Skinner
Poultry
Alderman Skinner
Duke of Cumberland
St. James’s
Princess Amelia
West Indies
Vernon
Rycaut
Grafton
Rupert
Have
Ambrosé
Haddock
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Norris
Burton
Exchequer
Christopher Barnard
Yarmouth
John Sparrowe
John Margerum
Ipswich
Davis
Old Star
Coleman Street
St. Mary’s
Old Fish-Street
Patty Robinson
William Calvert
Oxford Chapel
Sampson
Peter Sampson
Lord Viscount Weymouth
Sir Michael Newton
Winchester
Sir Michael
Jelty
Hampstead
John Watson
Watton
Island of
Scilly
Godwin
Tooley Street
Neptune
Jamaica
Ford
Cuba
Lisbon
Inftant
N.S
New England
Geo
Derracot
Philadelphia
Deal Castle
Newcastle
Dolphin
Nantz
Dover
Clare
Governent
Cette
Hambourg
Harwich
Aldborough
London
Bilboa
Davy
Patten
Carolina
St. Sebastian’s
Farramond
Lizzard
Gillant
Spawforth
Carthagena
Streights
Oporto
Leghorn
Lingen
Argyle
Kennington
Rolinson
Chace
Spanforth
Gibraltar
Cadiz