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Privateers sweep Atlantic trade with Caribbean captures
A long list details French captures and British reactions in the West Indies. Ships such as Martha Bruce from Boston and Elizabeth Sloper from Bristol fall to privateers. several prizes, retaken ships, and convoy events are noted amid reports from Antigua and Martinique. Also covered are parliamentary moves, royal appointments, and local incidents.
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Wenty
North Ameica
Martha
Bruce
Boston
Antigua
Martinico
Elizabeth
Sloper
Bristol
Fox
Drew
Waterford
Madeira
Leeward Islands
West Indies
Durham
Gilman
Agamemnon
Hodgson
William
Barker
Piscataqua
Simpson
Samuel
Robert
Conner
Carolina
Surraleon
Taylor
Africa
Peggy
Nelly
Hogart
Glasgow
Howland
Tortola
Sydfurfe
M‘gee
Acgete
Phillips
London
Wessels
Townsend
Bunbury
Susannah
Clapperton
Endeavour
Grant
Boyd
Prussia
Coates
Ruby
Ventris
Brown
Alicant
Cowes
Hawke
Wilson
Smyrna
Plymouth
Tavistock
Jenkins
India
Jaft
Ireland
Lion
Riddell
Guadaloupe
Lizard
Prince of Wales
Sandifield
Genoa
Leghorn
Mahone
Gill
York
Spencer
Ranger
Carlisle
Toulon
St. Domingo
Dolphin
Marlow
Germany
Meuse Fand
Lisbon
England
Aymond
Barrifin
Nancy
John
Jane
Charlton
Wefer
Minden
Garland and Fortune
Newfoundland
Portsmouth
Pevignon
Bourdeaux
Spain
Maidstone
Digges
Joseph Caudiere
Algiers
Marieattes
Malaga
Steffen
Petersburg
Levant
New England
Piscatagua
House of Peers
Lord Henley
Grange
Thomas Cochran
Forde
Lewis Monson Watson
Kent
Henry William Guyon
Dragoon Guards
William Lawley
Royal
Duke of Cumberland
Kensington
New Market
Royal African Company
Foundling Hospital
Lord Ferrers
Duke of Ancaster
His Majesty’s Palace
King’s Bench
Aid
Dublin
Sir Edward Hawke
Commodore Elliott
John Guest
Thomas Smith
Richard Beckworth
Robert Tilling
Lloyd
Newgate
Antony Fitzer
Shadwell Dock
Cornhill
Bradshaw
General Post-office
Goring
Whitchurch
Oxfordshire
Fowler
Smith