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Royal Navy convoy reports and Atlantic passages 1761
Extracts from letters and dispatches recount actions of ships under convoy to the Leeward Islands and Jamaica. Claims of irregular conduct by masters, ship captures, movements of vessels including the Pomona and London, and notes on recruitment, prizes, and provisioning amid ongoing war with France. Includes court news, appointments, and social tidings from London and Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutu
George Lord Anson
Great Britain
Admiralty
Leeward Islands
Lady Juliana
Fonthill
Cusk
Pitt
William Watt
Cork
Carspany
Jason
Jean
Barbadoes
Bourdeaux
St. Domingo
Pomona
Jier
Robert Man
Clevland
Lancaster
Downs
John Kiddal
Rowley
Middleton
John Ked
London
Pacquet
Davis
The
Madrassalt
Pondicherry
Elizabeth
Trane
Halifax
St. Kitts
Antigua
Martinico
Clive
Ronquest
Jamaica
Quince
Cowes
South Carolina
England
Julian Maria
Mathews
Roterdam
Miler
Sowth Carolina
Bristol
Liverpool
Eaton
Vermouth
Senegal
Creatas Porches
Crosby
Barclay
Wade
Kiakilcon
Mr. Traers
M Carty
Damas
Antioua
Downes
Pickett
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Kennington
St. Helens
Spithead
Chatham
Africa
Blackwall
Woolwich
St. James’s
Wood
Peter
Earl of Northumberland
Wales
Leicester
Marquis of
Lorn
Argel
Scotland
St. James's
Spencer
Brilte
Guadalupe
Canada
Sugar
North America
West India Islands
West Indian Islands
France
Royal
Duke of
Royal Charlotte Yatcht
Herwich
Lord Anson
Viscount Mandevil
San
Duke of Manchester
Countess of Bute
Major Maur
Cf Goree
Newton
Earl of Bute
Lord Anton
South- Audrey-Street
Lincollshire
Earl of Scarborough
Westminster Bridge
Kent
Dogeget