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Peace moves and naval prep amid Berwick era tensions
Reports from Leith to Lemington describe French naval activity and peace overtures while British forces are ordered to remain ready. Letters cite the Duke of Anjou’s disputed claim and Danish payments, with shipwrecks, mutinies, and a Kingston market snapshot amid ongoing war chatter.
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Fladers
France
Ag Cafel
Berwick
Duke of Anjou
Spain
Holt Gortorp
Chaventury
Gortenburg
Alderney
Express
Taskara
Lemington
Guernsey
Southampton
Taskard
Hampton
Stephen Hutchins
Thomas Meade
John More
John Baldock
John Boulter
Ambrose Rawlington
Nath. Freeman
Ifaar
Cabbing Bay
London
Offend
Brussels
Nettherlands
India
New Company
Dublin
Bulbsrk