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Stately maritime notices and political broadside from 1776
A long Harbors and ship news section reports arrivals from Holland and Flanders. British dispatches recount privateers, convoys, and the War in America. It includes a letter from Hampden Packet about Captain Moor's capture, then dense London notices: sheriffs, bankruptcies, horse races, and a mass call for parliamentary reform and local associations led by J Massie urging citizens to seek representation.
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Holland
Flanders
Utrecht
Spain
Portugal
de Cevallos
Cadiz
Braithwaite
Hampden
Falmouth
Lisbon
Scot
Fisher
Smith
Thomas Moor
London
Salerno
Naples
Messina
Cape St. Vincent
Mount Chigo
Simon Forester
Moore
America
Cape Michell
Moor
Settival
Salem
T. P. Baarrawalire
Hampden Packet-Boat
Admiralty
Rover
Leghsrn
Genoa
Corke
Sandy Hook
Hotham
Peter Parker
New-York
Lord Howe
Clyde River
New York
B—ce
Leeward Islands
Hester
Crombie
St. Kitt’s
Columbus
Betty
Gobbet
Carleton
Plymouth
William Hay
Barbadoes
Hanbury
Grouch
Portmouth
Philadelphia
Staten Island
Congress
France
Brazil
Mora
Caron
Union
Quebec
Veteiday
Lord North
Buthy Park
Hawkins
Pall Mall
Calhoun
Oliver
Calvert
Sewell
Tobago
Harling
Lawford
Francis
Latten
Halifax
Alderman Plumbe
Guildhall
Abingdon
Berkshire
Phillips
Chelsea
Swallow-street
John Mack
Sheppard’s Bush
Sir John Fielding
Corn Exchange
Hare Ffir
Bat
Alderman Wilkes
City-Friends of Liberty
North America
England
Sherif
Scotland
J. Massie
P.S
Alderman Ball
Alderman Haysey
Liverty
Burg T. Bay
Condu
Sawbridge
Alderman Hayley