Naval and privateer actions near Jamaica and Portugal
Reports detail naval movements and privateer captures across the Atlantic. Ships like the John and Mary and various Jamaica bound vessels reach safety or change hands, while French privateers harass British shipping near the Azores and Firth of Forth area. Insurrections in Jamaica are noted alongside multiple arrivals and dockside movements at Plymouth and Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Zurickzee
Unity
Mansfest
Dram
Hillery
Seaman
Liverpool
Jamaica
West Indies
Amherst
Falmouth
Deadman Point
Thomas Fearnes
Martinico
Cape Finisterre
Corunna
Fearnes
Heureux
Dunkirk
Yarmouth Roads
Haligaland
Elbe
Orne
Caen
Harfleur
Havre de Grace
Port Baffin
Point Percée
Roen
Berwick
Admiralty
Royal Exchange
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Bedford
Duke of Bedford
Mr. Grevil
Harry Longlegs
Sol
Militia Regiment Marches to Barracks at Plymouth Dock
A correspondent from Plymouth Dock reports the Corinth militia regiment commanded by Hon. Colonel John Molesworth moved into the barracks on Wednesday. A separate item from Newcastle notes a country gentleman’s servant’s horse ran to the inn door in Alnwick, frightened and killed itself near the bridge battlements. Clarke advertises BATAVIA AR. BACK in punch and notes he prints foreign papers including the Gazette of Bern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan
New-street
Shoe-lane
Huish
Nottingham
Wetwang March
Regiment of Foot
Charles William de Geyt
Kendall
Morgan
Lord North
Earl of
Guildford
Athow
Gillingham
Norfolk
Laurence-hill
Bristol
Francis Collins
Fen
Nerseryman
Derby
John Marriot
Chamberlayne
Smithfield
Thame Park
Oxfordshire
Philip Wenman
Viscount Wenman
Tuam
Wenman
Kilmaynham
Kingdom of Ireland
Sophia
James Herbert
Tythorpe
Philip
Thomas Francis
Mary
Pitt
Oundle Market
Mersey
Liverpool
Woodside House
Exon
Plymouth Dock
Corinth
John Molesworth
Newcastle
Alnwick
Clarke
Switzerland
Royal Exchange
Batavia
Notice to Tender for Prisoner of War Care 1760
The Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen and for Exchanging Prisoners of War announce on the 15th of August 1760 that sealed tenders will be received on Thursday the 28th instant. They seek contractors to treat and replace prisoners of war in Guadaloupe while healthy and to provide cure provisions bedding and accommodation or provisions and bedding only. Details and contract terms may be obtained from the Secretary at the Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
la Mer
St. Ann’s
John and Mary
Arbuthnot
London
Barmuda
Jamaica
John Smith
Forrest
William Hore
Westmoreland
Richardson
Workington
Ambrose Wilson
Dublin
Milford
Dunkirk
Wilson
Burges Island
Guadaloupe
Jaid
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Portmouth
St. Helens
Royal George
Hawke
Chichester
Windsor
Plymouth
Goodale
Prosperous
Harding
Rachel
Hanc Waldron
Jacob Waldron
Cape Fear
Charles Town
Young
New York
Ditto
Pinnock
Curry
John
Francis
Alcock
John and
Britannia
Power
Molly
Baker
Lancaster
Africa
Eugene
Engledne
Virginia
Cato
Hill
Globe
Maryland
M‘carthy
St. Kitt’s
Blakeney
Benson
Rice
Johns
Penzance
Whitehair
Oport
Christiana
Peggy
Ann
Nelson
Cam’s Delight
Farmer
Benjamin
Martin
Guernsey
Southampton
Prussia
Vernon
Dover
Middleton
Barry
Lisbon
Downs
Watson
Drontheim
Whitehaven
Sally
Courtney
Carlisle
Robinson
Dolphin
Rotterdam
Campvere
Borrowstonners
Expedition
Woodward
Fox
Broad
Coyunna
Faulkner
Roberts
Industry
Forster
Richard and
Elizabeth
Eynler
Smith
Cowes
Jonge Abraham
Dekker
The
Daiuy Register of Commerce and Intelgence
You
W. Clarke
Canton of
Bern
Harman
Sadlers-Wells
Granier
Seppie
Preston
Harlequin
Mr. Atkin Turk
Mr. Banks
Sturges
Mathews
Waters
Colombine
Warner
Francis Mannock
F. M
Union Coffee
Crowhill
Hambleton
Hornseychurch
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