Naval notices and port arrivals amid expedition preparations
Large dispatch of ships and vessels arriving at Plymouth Weymouth and Penzance as fleets assemble for an expedition. Sailings include Centaur convoy, Venus instrument test aboard, and multiple merchantmen bound for Jamaica Newfoundland and London. Also reports of deserters, auctions, and several obituaries and local incidents.
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Venus
Admiral Geary
Portsmouth
General Wall Packet
Lutwich
New York
Falmouth
Centaur
Forrest
Leeward
Hlands
Jamaica
Goodwin
Andrews
Fortune
Swift
Coglan
Bristol
Countess of Berkley
Rausgate
St. Michael
Swanzey
William and
Rebecca
Cosmic
Neath
Britannia
Appledore
Hammit
Topsham
Penzance
Gijon
Ceres
Bulman
London
Oporto
Anson
Louisbourg
Connelly
Guadaloupe
Lee
Ratcliff-cross
Halifax
Ebec
Streights
Crawford
Regiment of
Royal Volunteers
Cheshire
Guile
Northampton
Savoy
Strand
Navy Half Pay Notices For Sea Officers In 1759
The Treasury appoints a calendar for half pay to sea officers from July to December 1759. Payments begin November 10 at the Navy Office Broad Street, 10 AM, with monthly recalls. Officers must bring affidavits of no public employment and certificates of Teaft oath and subscription. attorneys may receive on their clients’ behalf with proper certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy-Office
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
Navy
Broad-street
Commissioners seek bids to feed POW prisoners aboard Royal Oak
On October 8 1760 the Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen and for Exchanging Prisoners of War announce they will receive sealed tenders on Monday the 4th of next month. They invite proposals to supply bread for twelve months to the prisoners aboard the Royal Oak Prison Ship at Plymouth and to the prisons and hospitals there. Further details are available from the Secretary or Mr Tonkin, Agent for Prisoners of War at Plymouth.
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Royal Oak
Plymouth
Atd
Mr. Tonkin
Broth Fat Sale Planned for Navy Use in 1760 Tender
Office for Sick and Wounded Seamen and for Exchanging Prisoners of War announces sealed tenders to purchase eight months’ fat from portable broth made for the King's Navy. Tenders opened Wednesday the 29th instant. inquiries to Mrs. Young at Ratcliffe Cross House where the broth is prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
Rogers
His Majesty
Plimouth
Young
Ratcliffcros
Charity appeal for widow and five children of murdered man
Distressed widow of the late William Talbot and her five fatherless children appeal to the public for small-business support. Donations asked at multiple coffee-houses and taverns, with the promise of publishing an account of contributions. The charity seeks funds to sustain the family until income can be earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Talbot
M‘carty
Newgate
Mr. Hargreave
Rainbow
Cornhill
Edinburgh
Sweeting’s Alley
Change
Nag’s Head
Cheapside
Temple Exchange
Fleet- Street
Robin-Hood
Butthe -Row
Temple-Bar
Globe ‘Tavern
Strand
Smyrna
Pall-Mall
N. B
Allan Senhouse Seeks Bridge Master Post After Distilling Years
Allan Senhouse petitions the vote for the bridge-master position to succeed the late Mr. John Grant. He notes thirty-six years with the tillers company and prior distilling work on Sny hill, now seeking aid due to misfortunes and declining trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Senhouse
John Grant
Public Notice of Unclaimed Parcel of Wood Shipped to London
A parcel of fuftick shipped aboard the Charming Nancy from Montego Bay Jamaica to London remains unclaimed. Mr French or any authorized person must appear at Samuel Livy’s Merchants in Devonshire Square to pay freight and charges by November 4, or the fuftick will be sold at public auction to cover costs. The fuftick lies at Stephens's Wharf Dock Side Rotherhithe.
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Goddard Williams, and Co
London
Little Queen Street
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Oxford Road
Hanover Square
Whitechaple Straw Market
Red Lion Street
Nancy
William Morgan
Montego Bay
Thomas Lovejoy
John, French
French
Samuel Livy
Devonshire Square
Purlic
N.B
Stephens’s
Rotherhithe
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Danny Reoister
Commerce and Intelligence
Fage
Exeter-Change
Royal Exchange
East India Company
John Plumtree
Penryn
Cornwall
Jermyn-street
St. James’s
Smith
Holderness Indiaman
Helena Griffith
St. Helena
Bratton
Wiltshire
Emblyn
Bath
Wandworth
Burton Upon Trent
Walter Hawkssworth
Hawksworth
County of
York
Guiseley
Otley
Westminster Hospital
Old Bailey
Catherine Hughes
Mary Fagan
James Shoemith
Jacob Henriques
City of London
Old Broad-street
John Young
Corniill
Arnold
Willian Cuzzins
Leghorn
Walter Cope
Sam’s
William Arnold
Great ‘Lower Street
Sam’s Coffee House
Custom House
William and Mary
Thirkettle
Tuscany
Cooper
King of
Prufsia
Anstice
Gibraltar Packet
Gibson the Lion
Pennel
Gibraltar
Lloyd’s
Lombard-street
Deptford
Patrick Campbell
John Hutchinson
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