Beavers and Edicts Dominate Transatlantic Posts
Letters from Paris report ongoing friction over two edicts renewing poll-tax and a third-twentieth penny, with Parliament urging the Sovereign to withdraw the measures. Elsewhere, ships and crews face privateering dangers near Martinique and the Atlantic, including captures and ship surrenders, while transatlantic trade in beaver and pelts continues to attract commissions from Flanders to supply Europe and Russia.
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Pons
London
Baron Plotho
Prussia
Augsburgh
Paris
Europe
Flanders
France
North America
Russia
Heggan
Lyne
Baffeterre
Callibar
Tobago
Antigua
Defeada
Martinico
Nichols
Prince of Bevern
Cato
Jones
St. Michel
Bulliery
Saow
Minerva
Hughes
Cameroons
Ernandes
Virginia
Cheesman
Bayard
Baflon
Funey
Carolina
Portugal
Simion
Shipping News and Public Notices From Seventeenth Century Ports
Fragmentary 1761 news item recounts ships and prizes near Guadaloupe and Cadiz, arrivals at Spithead and Ostend, and the Diligente in Havana trade. Also covers Ipswich races, local marriages bans, social anecdotes, and public notices from the Victualling Office with naval financials.
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Verpool
Pitt
Richard Shawe
Prince Frederick
Frierson
Abby
Kendall
Lancaster
Guadaloupe
Prince Eugene
Kitty
John Banks
Pallover
Snen Boscawen
Sierra-leoni
Cadiz
Havannah
Springer Jis
Texel
Greenland
Maefe
Holland
Baffa
Lowe
Africa
South Carolina
Ruffell
Campbell
Cork
St. Eustatia
Andrews
Fortune
Youghall
Content
Furze
Sally
Stookes
Waterford
Newfoundland
St. Ignatio
Buenos Ayres
N. S. del Mayor
Havre
Richmond
Knight
London
Leith
Pitcarn
Diligence
Cashill
Buth
Perth
Bett
Burrowsowners
Grindlie
Anne and Mary
Bellisle
Downs
Duskirk
Gravelines
Ostend
Dunkirk
Count de Velderen
States of Holland
England
Yeo
Westminster Abbey
Justice Clive
Serjeant Wilson
Maidstone
Surry
Guildford
Strand
Ipswich
Mr. Erratt
Archer
Mr. Adams
Butterfly
Mr. Bray
Mr. Jefferson
Lord Gower
David
Navy Office Adverts and Petitions from 1750s London
Notices announce sale of old store items at Plymouth Yard with 25 percent deposit and fourty day removal window. Also included are Navy bills to be paid from 1762 accounts, and petitions to London liverymen urging candidates for offices following death and financial hardship.
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Yorkshire
Elizabeth
Greenwich
James
Charles
Star Chamber
Charis I
Quarty
Mciety
Houshcid
Misls Chudleigh
Cox
Earl of Buckinghamshire
Miss Drury
Thomas Drary, Bart
Laf
Butcher Row
Temple Bar
Burgan
Sinted
Wm. Hammond
Ipswich
John Hukk
Sfands
Guadaloupe
Gunning
Somerset-house
Bristol
Burgin
Weybridge
Surry
George Clinton
Earl of Lincoln
Plaistow
Essex
Humphreys
Bellefle
Grifiths
Hungerford-marlet
Westminster
Wilson
Newcasts
Henry Lambton
Durham
Chester
Thomas Clavering
Walter Blackett
Barts
John Tempell
Matthew Ridley
Bland
Nicholas Lambton
Geo. Baker
Thomas Lewens
Elgis
Northampton
Yorkshire Militia
George Saville
Bart
Winchester
Las T
William White
William Parsons
Thomas Stringer
Elizabeth Tack
Daniel Grace
John Cooper
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
Bronday
Rogers
Sule
Plymouth
London
Fir
Edmund Stevens
Tam
Old Legth-Se
City of London
John Shewelht
Diller
Perlon
Samfe
N. B
Tory
Agual
William Wallace
James Simpson
Henry Moore
Lazar
England
Jamaica
Fara
St. Nhephets
Plit
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