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News of Jamaica unrest and Quebec prisoner exchanges
A letter from Jamaica dated Kingston reports rising unrest as enslaved people kill whites on inland estates and threaten sugar works. Cormantee forces seek death or freedom. Albany dispatches note eight officers and 112 privates captured at Montreal were exchanged for French prisoners, with more reaching Crown Point. Other items mention naval movements, ship fires, appointments, and widespread urban incidents.
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Minden
Prince Ferdinand
Betsey
Drake
Jamaica
Kington
Fune Oo
Barbadoes
New York
Albany
Montreal
Bonneau
Isle Aux Noix
Crown Point
Goddard
Sheriff
Lascelles
General Amherst
New-York
Quebec
Young
Ince
Otway
Murray
Plymouth
Lee
St. Maloes
Barfleur
Hanway
Oxford
Anson
Nottingham
Royal William
Bellona
Maidstone
Milford
Stag
Southampton
Niger
Squirrel
John
Elizabeth
Christiania
May-Flower
Neptune
Newcastle
Sunderland
Hannah
Marthal
Holland
Thomas
London
Liverpool
Chester
George Sackville
Paris
Scotland
Earl and Countess of Verney
Curzon Street
Buckinghamshire
Cecill
Elys
Earl of Exeter
Grosventor-Street
Bedford-house
Lord Ancram
Mordaunt
Clerkenwell
Molieres
Moliere
Tobong
Gutter-Lane
Cheapside
Greenwich
Thomas Williamson
Wm. Williamson
John Owen
Piccadilly
The
Strand
Sayer
Richard Holland
Newgate Street
Hornsey Church-Yard
Walker
Pancras
Straud
Brentford
Strand Green
Twickenham Common
Westminster-bridge
Bury-street
St. James’s
Westminster Infirmary
France
Wesminster
Somérset Stairs
Smyrna
Pall Mall
St. George’s Hospital
Spencer
St. James’s Place
Justice Fielding
New Prison