24 Mar 1788
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Newspaper
London Packet
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 24, 1788
Page
1
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous names, places, and fragments. The text shuffles personal names such as Gatent Miao, Ms, Bares, Cregg, Gethin, Rider, Kant, and Hertha alongside scattered locations and numbers, with no coherent narrative or clear event.
A fragment lists multiple vessels or individuals arriving at ports such as Cork Dublin Waterford Kintue St Kitts Barcelona Leghorn Jamaica and St Martins. Names include Arr IV PD Harriet Powona Willam Mary Sara Knight Generous Friends Hope Lord Hood and others with origins in Spain Bourdeaux Rotterdam New York Guernsey Lancater Pou and Pou.
A royal proclamation restricts seamen and mariners born subjects from entering foreign service. It forbids captains and masters from employing them abroad and promises action for breaches. The notice names enforcement by the Crown and Privy Council and cites registration of royal concessions.
Intelligence from Tooph Office warns of plague breaking out in Ligiers and raging in Constantinople. An earlier letter notes imperial investigations at a port defense work and a march to Paume. Various dates mention tradesmen in London Liverpool and Essex with forthcoming events and notices at Gold en.
A garbled 18th 19th century list shows multiple individuals with occupations and locations such as Liverpool, Chatham, Sunderland, London, and New Shoreham. Mentions include shopkeepers, masters, a carpenter, a dealer, and a marine. Dates referenced include April and May with various days and times.
Disjointed remarks discuss parliamentary debates on ministry policy and reform, reference Dundas and Sheridan, and note naval movements including Commodore Corey and a Turkish campaign. Contagion updates from Algiers to Smyrna trigger renewed quarantine, with dispatches to Lord Sydney and measures by government officials.
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