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Deserter Proclamations and Admiralty Critique in London
A discussion in London references a proclamation offering longer time for deserters from royal ships and regiments to join their ships, and notes a court martial that pardoned William Gray of Ipswich through the prince's intervention. The exchange criticizes past naval management, calls for better pay and provisions, and debates Greenwich Hospital governance and hospital commissioners amid broader royal authority questions.
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London
William Gray
Ipswich
Spit- Head
Gray
Admiralty
Gulph
East- Indies
South-Seas
America
England
M. Pray
Greenwich Hospital
van Hump
Whittacre