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Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 01, 1760

Page

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Quebecs Defeat Deepens French Setbacks in Canada War

A Probus letter from May 24 1760 details the French siege at Montreal failing after a costly April 28 defeat. British forces describe Quebec’s garrison rally, heavy casualties, and loot taken as the town braces for further operations. Naval and port news from Falmouth Plymouth and Deal report multiple arrivals and movements across Atlantic waters.

Fyter Paris Amsterdam Utrecht Brati Quebec Canada America Monsieur Vaudreuil Montreal France North America Germany Hanover Prussia Probus Cape Rouge Gan Ifon St. Foie St. Foix Abraham Zeno England Diana Cape Diamond Falmouth Eleanor Retchford Cadiz Morter Plymouth Ann William and Elizabeth Cartridge Amity Endeavour Dale William and Sammel Windsor Neptune Lermder London Triton Wills Lynn Cowes Mercury Capt Faulkner Spithead Alexander Gregory Guernsey West Indies Heureux Vibert South Carolina Medway Peacock Georgia Carolina Colcock Hispaniola Hamburgh Southampton Parrott Dartmouth John Benjamin Martin Mary Journeau Jersey Deal Fune Buelden Philadelphia James Hart Lisbon Gravesend Tylber Cromby Triste Green Antigua Sukey Rawdin Virginia St. Kitt’s Lightbourn Nancy Morgan Juliana Hamilton Jamaica William, Jolliffe Viana Brown Orkneys Aletta Lightenstone New York Elizabeth Tiffen Figuera Juba Balton Africa Hope Pearce Madeira Edgecumbe White Friendship Ball

Rebellious Negroes Rise in Jamaica in 1760 Attack on Estates

The account details two Coromantee leaders Tackey and Jamaica leading a rising from Frontier Estate to Port Maria. They seize powder, arms, and goods, kill several overseers and white settlers, burn a windmill, and clash with Bayly, Cruikshark, and Crawford Town forces. Reinforcements under Captain Rigby arrive as rebels scatter into the woods.

Mary’s Janaiia Tam Tackey Jamaica Baflard Beckford Mr. Bayly Trinity Ether Whitehall Ballard’s Valley Port Maria James Kelly Mr. Norris Calite Gordon Haywood-hall Bal'ard’s Bayly Crawford- Towr Cudjuc Pencyre Munro Arcedeckne Richards Rigby Down’s Cove Forsyth Crawford Town Hynes Culton-Woodhouse

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