Waves of Privateers and Convoys Across War Tides
Shipping news and letters detail French privateers roaming in the English Channel and St George's Channel, with ships captured and retaken near Tortola, Cherbourg, and Cork. Reports describe convoys to Lisbon, York Castle prisoners, and British naval actions, including Commodore Douglas’s operations and Dover area troop movements, plus local notices from Bristol and Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalupe
London
Douglas
St. George’s Channel
Liverpool
Whitehaven
Theatres Offer Curious Entertainments at the Inn
A notice from the Greyhound Inn West Smithfield advertises a town entertainment starting tomorrow at noon. It features dramatic tales from Timur-Koran to Charania with a masked procession, a vibrant Callipee show, and humorous exploits by Barnaby Bodkin and others. A singing blue fat and fin troupe with machinery and music is promised, while access routes to the boxes and pit are eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charania
Albufazar
Charanta
Timur- Koran
Seraphet
Taylors
Trinculo
Humkin Buz
Barnaby Bodkin
Tom Thimble
Ben Buckram
Nick Canvas
Will Tape
Timothy Thrum
All Gentlemen of the Light Horse
Navy Dockyard Tender Notice at Plymouth Yard
Navy Office announces on August 25 1760 that on Friday the 5th of next month at eleven in the morning they will treat with those willing to undertake completing the new dock at His Majesty's Yard at Plymouth. Plans and sections and other particulars will be in the Clerk of the Arts Office. Tenderers must submit their tenders with the lowest price for the article they undertake to perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Alexander Schomberg
Rumford
London Bridge
Gravesend
Germany
Prussia
Duchy of Lancaster
Lambs
St. Margaret’s Hill
Aldgate
Duke of Norfolk
Nottinghamshire
Gloucester
Duke of Beaufort
Thomas Chester
Norborne Berkeley
Knights of the Shire
Jarrit Smith
Thomas Haynes
William Phelps
John Innys
A. Hanc Klton
Matthew Hale
Masters
Bristol
Ingram
Ongar
Jonathan Moreton Pleydel
Miss Jackson
Michael Foster
King’s Bench
William Mellith
Excife
Kington
Surry
Hawkins
Hattem
Holland
John Vander
Navy Office
His
Plynsuth
Navy Sale Notice at Woolwich Yard on Eleven O’Clock
Navy Office announces sale of old stores at Woolwich Yard on Thursday Sep 11 at 11:00 AM. Parcels include paper stock, rope, iron pots, nets, and refuse ends. View during yard working hours until sale. A 25 percent deposit, or proportion, is required. purchasers must pay and remove within forty days or forfeit to the Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty’s Navy
His Majesty
Woolwich
Notice to tender for butter and cheese supply to His Majesty's Navy
Vidctualling Office announces on August 28 1760 that tenders in writing will be received on September 8 at noon from bidders to supply British butter and cheese for one year starting September 30. Conditions may be viewed at the Victualling Office London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty’s Navy
Cheshire
Gloucester
Warwickshire
Provision Tender Notice for Plymouth Seamen Hospitals
Office for Sick and Wounded Seamen issues a tender call dated August 28 1760 inviting sealed offers for twelve months of beef bread mutton flour and related provisions to feed sick and wounded sailors at Plymouth hospitals. Details available from the secretary or Mr Hombly agent for sick and wounded seamen at Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofice
Hombly
Suamen
Plymouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Daily Racister of Commerce and Intelligence
Sasannah
Green
Newfoundland
Cowes
Cardiff Castle
Spithead
Kent
Wheeler
Lisbon
Pickering
Fish
Tortola
Levant
Antigua
Dublin
France
Wicklow
Thomas Johnson
Matter
Porter
Castletown
Portsmouth
Infernal
Mackenzie
Resolution
Ipswich
Isle of Wight
Cherburgh
Anson
Stokes
Rebecca
Cork
St. Helen’s
W.W
Portland
N.N. W
Kinsale
Ardorehead
Buffatia
Dominica
St. Joseph
England
Wilson
Pitt Indiaman
Pondicherry
Halifax
Quebec
Bourdeaux
Lynn
York Castle
Brancaster Bay
Burlington Bay
Yarmouth
David Hartwell
Hull
Castor
Reading
Dalby
Hurst
John Dalby
Jackeys
Caversham
Joseph Saunders
Winchester
Neavea
Marquis of Rockigigham
Diviffon
Yorkshire
Ghogston
Sunderland
Whitmore
Col. Duncombe
Milbank
Marquis of Rockingham
Mr. Johnson
Salisoury
Duke of York
Morrison
Thomson
Southampton
Younge
Durnford
Duke and Dutchess of
Queensberry
Countess of Pembroke
Sophia Thomas
John Elwill
Ranelagh
Corke
Wexford
Waterford
Ramsay
Welch
Castle-haven
Maguire
Dresden
Fermanagh
Treland
Principality of
Hesse
Samuel Bindon
Borough of
Ennis
Shuter
Avon
Pomona
Bacchus
Horace
Herculaneum
Clarke
Switzerland
Panch-House
Threadneedle Street
Royal Exchange
William Clarke
N.B. Arrack
Vous I
West Smithfield
Theatre Royal
Drurgelane
Calipath
Moi
Timur-Koran
Navy-Office
Plymouthy
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