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Plague Rages in Constantinople and Global Naval News
Reports from Constantinople describe a violent plague devastating Vienna and spreading through major cities, with estimates ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands dead. Meanwhile, naval dispatches note Keppel’s fleet near Brest, Portland returning to Portsmouth, and prizes seized by privateers, including tobacco shipments and French vessels, as ships race for Bengal dispatches and convoy plans.
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Hughes
Halifax
Constantinople
Vienna
Portland
Portmouth
Leeward Islands
Admiral Keppel
Scilly
Hood
Robart
Resolution
Brest
Admiral Young
Romulus
Gayton
Gibraltar
Venture
New York
Johnstone
Lord Howe
D’estaign
Morocco
Tangier
Nuns
Sur
Tecuan
Larrache
Alcazar
Fez
Sallee
Virginis
Guernsey
Weymouth
Hawke
France
America
Bremen
Hull
Saunders
Glasgow
New- York
East India Company
L’amitie
Bourdeaux
St. Domingo
Alderney
Sauga
Falmouth
Miquelon
St. Malo
Italy
Port Mahon
Courageux
Limerick
Dublin
Rochfort
St. Ann
Wells
Guadaloupe
Plyoouth
Hamburg
Portugal
Lancaster
Jamaica
Madgira
Boas
Buskippham
Animas
Hazard, and Co
Repeal Exchange
London
Hazard
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