Inventory of goods and arms for naval depots and ships
The document itemizes diverse commodities including soap, lace, cloth, cheeses, camblet, hides, leather, ropes, wine, paper, soap, oil, and gunpowder stored for Pondicherry Bourbon and the ship's company. It notes quantities by bale, barrel, and piece, with detailed weights and counts, alongside military provisions and forthcoming troop movements in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars Feilles
Pondicherry
Holland
Bourdeaux
Isle of Bourbon
Cambourg
M. le Compte-d’Apché
Extract from a Hanoverian siege and fleet dispatch
Extract from a Hanover, March 9, reporting Scheiter an Hanoverian major has stormed Battenberg Castle. Allied forces reorganize with Sporcken on the left, Cheim and the center. Duderstadt prisoners include 207 men. Gibraltar letters say the grand expedition fleet sails in about three weeks. Jamaica and Corke conveyances update, with ships and prizes reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
M. Scheiter
Battenberg
Sporcken
Cheim
Ferdinand
Prince of
Brunswick
Duderstadt
Partiion
Gottingen
Gibraltar
Corke
Lady
Falmouth
Scilly
Marshal Broglio
Morlaix
Palmer
Williams
North Carolina
London
Spain
Jane
Pauley
Elizabeth
Platt
Jamaica
Hamburgh
Seaflower
Peters
Guernsey
Marygold
Trick
Recovery
Aftiton
Plymouth
Clovally
Breslau
Amsterdam
Naples
Vengeance
Coventry
Wasp
Quiberon
Bay
Duchess of Hamilton
Davis
Neptune
Ayres
Duke of York
Covenny
Love and Unity
Ganland
Hopewell
Loveday
Providence
Lilly
Grant
Victuallers
Ditto
Wiliam and Mary of
The
Royal
Richard Temple
Navy Board
Commissioner Hall
John Bentley
Navy
George Adams
Knights of the Bath
Charles’'Cocks
Ryegate
Surry
Lord Chamberlain
Hobbs
Erskine
Wolfe
Portmouth
Ireland
Portsmouth
Germany
St. Famies’s Park
Wiltshire
Obituary Notes and Notices from Historic Parish Record
The item lists various funeral notices and family events: the Lady of the Bishop of St Asaph recently bore a son, Archibald Hamilton, a noted Edinburgh physician, Mr Pratt, a longtime warehouse keeper to the Company of Stationers, Captain Throcksmiorton and Sir William Threckmorton relation, and Robert Clerks of Scotland among others. An old wartime domestic rule is cited regarding a man with a wife not going to war for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Asaph
Aim
Edinburgh
Archibald Hamilton
Mr. Pratt
Holsborn
Throcksmiorton
William Threckmorton
Barti
Robert Clesk
John Clerks
Cuik
Scotland
Mail from Holland Reports Indian War Defeat
Lifton February 6 dispatches describe a clash in India where our troops were defeated by native forces on February 4, losing substantial baggage and artillery. The piece notes that failure could have worsened if the Vice-Roy had secured peace with a powerful Indian ally. Dry details from Vienna and Stockholm report army movements and preparations in Saxony and Pomerania, with transports diverted to Holstein readiness for field operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dantkich
Rhce
Russia
Poland
Elector of
Saxony
Prague
Hessin
Dresden
Bohemia
Hulfe
Guasco
Nurenberg
Duke de Broglio
Rudolstadt
Bamberg
Franconia
Prince Henry
Silesia
Mrr
Keith
Petersburgh
Tapis
Pomerania
Berlin
Munster
Hanover
Gottingen
Nordheim
Heffin
Lower Rhine
Re Francfort
Marshal Brogio
Betéen
Sibourg
Germany
Holland
Lifton
Bee E Court
India
Vienna
Count. Daun
Artends
Stockholm
Lantinghausen
Gopenhagen
Norway
Holstein
Port News Summary From Beal March 12
Fragmentary port news report notes events at Gravesend and along the Downs. Mentions ships like the Lady Joanna and East India vessels in passage, with scattered references to commanders and routes. The text is incomplete and lacks clear outcomes or dates beyond March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port
NEWS
Beal
S. E
Presley
Ward
Earl of
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Jia _ ill
Clintk
Amste
Prussia
Pladggg
Scott
Pans
Walton
King
George
Harpe
Betley
Marchew Gray
Lowton Hospital
wAlois
Merchiat Taylors
Richard Lord Bishop
Reterborough
St. Laurence’s Church
Gail
Tho. Harley
Eheadore Hodihes
Marthe Dickinson
Edward Lee
Peter Mailman
George Colebrooke
Edward Neeve
Andrew Grote
John Anth. Rucker
James Haughton Lang
Thomas Tramair
Iton
Henry Abrhoff
Admiraltyo Office
Admiralty of
Richmong
Admiralty
Woolwich
J- Clevland
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
His
Rogers
Ora
Biddeford
Satten
Bayton- Stone
Waithamstey
Parker
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