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Second Lieutenants List and Military News
A long roster lists numerous Second Lieutenants by name and number, followed by a series of 18th century military and maritime items. The document includes dispatches from Prince Gallitzin, accounts of militia disturbances in Northumberland, ships and privateers in the Atlantic, naval promotions, court and society notices, and upcoming public sales and flying machine advertisements. Names include James Stevens, John Goddard, Thomas Watson, William Ker, Henry Nicholls, John Morrison, John Nebone, Richard Howdal, Henry Davies, Alexander Dun, David Innes, Basil Monteith, C. Richardson, and many others, with assorted locations and dates from St. James's, Hexham, Morpeth, and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stevens
John Goddard
Croister Warig
Thomas Watson
William Ker
P. Penfound
Thomas Sims
Henry Nicholls
John Morrison
John Nebone
Howdal Rich
Richard Howdal
Edward Humfrey
Henry Davies
Joseph' Tishburn
Alexander Dun
David Innes
Henry Becket
Mor. Jones Lewis
William Watson
James Taylor
Timothy Veal
Basil Monteith
Henry Briggs
John Ferguson
George Shaw
Walter Scott
William Fisher
Thomas Curry
Rich, Bright
Cornelius Barton
Francis Lewis St Bell
Samuel Barnes
Ben. Robinson
Titus Conyers
William Ball
Gilbert Blair
William Wilkins
David Lyon
Robert Graham
Thomas Medelle
James Wilson
James Johnston
William Stewart
John Fife
C. Richardson
George Field
Joseph Barnes
Thomas Lewis
John Boudinoff
the, Monifier
John White
R. Fielder
John Hepburn
W.carrol
St. James’s
Prince Gallitzin
Russia
Admiralty Office
Capt. Douglas
Unicorn
Falmouth
Tweed
Lizard
Marshal Broglio
Brest
Morax
Newcastle
Northumberland
Durham
Morpeth
Hexham
Ralph Milbank
Yorkshire
Ifart
Crow
Bis
Ion
Walter Blacket
Bellingham Grayham
St. Anna
Venice
Leghorn
Coath of Scilly
West-Indies
Cork
Streights
Jersey
Vigo
Flanders
Ruby
Whitewood
London
Genoa
Gibraltar
Pacquet
Gibson
Prince William
Kenlock
Prince George
Guerin
Vianello
Naples
Mitchel
Villa Franca
Mathew
Larbara
Eddy
Watt
Betsey
Potts
Jamaica
Black Prince
Dun
Ditto
Medway
Peacock
South Carolina
Jacoba
Cloff
Chester
King Fisher
Eaton
Friends
Couzens
Rhode Iland
America
Ayers
Piscataqua
Hannah
Noarth
Robertson
Philadelphia
Friendship
Jones
Antigua
Katherine
Botton
Vulture
Clark
Madeira
Hope
Jacobson
New York
Achilles
Hodge
Gloucestershire
Condon
Bristol
Phoenix
Dantzick
Leostofe