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Fleet Movements and News From Liverpool 1760
The issue reports convoys bound for Gibraltar Lisbon and Jamaica with ships named George Richard Polly More Triton Lamb Ranger Mermaid Otter Charming Jennet John Barbara Ruthven Prince of Orange Generous Friends and others arriving in Bristol. It notes 122 Liverpool vessels taken by the French between May 1 1756 and July 25 1760 with some retaken and other outcomes. It covers militia appointments elections in London and York, accidents, murders, and arrivals including performers to Cork and Boston dispatches. It ends with notices of a state lottery and surveying services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frayne
Gibraltar
Lisbon
George
Richard
Porto
Polly
More
Carolina
Triton
Lamb
Newfoundland
Ranger
Paul
Mermaid
Aves
Ditto
Otter
Howel
Island of
Teneriffe
Charming Jennet
Brown
Leith
John
Barbara
Ruthven
Guernsey
Prince of Orange
Cheerman
Philadelphia
Marcham
Jamaica
Britannia
Godfalve
Revenge
Heighington
Wright
Bristol
Mary
Biglam
Whitehaven
Petersburg
Bartick
Liverpool
Ambherst
Canada
Rogers
Montreal
Elliott
Senate
Robert Rich
Rumford
Essex
Earl of
Thomas Chitty
Guildhall
Merchant Taylor School
Townley
Mr. Moore
Yorkshire Buffs
East Riding
Audston Calverley Rudston
Christopher Leybourn
John Moorhouse
William Raynes
Henry Drinktow
Wiliam Hudson
W. Beauchamp Proctor
Mr. Cooke
Middlesex Militia
Bedford Head Tavern
Roger Townshend
Viscount Townshend
Edmonton
York
Wharton