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West Indies notes of yellow fever and naval action
The report from Fort Royal Martinico in September laments yellow fever spreading from August, striking Whitby’s armed transport crew and many merchants. British cruizers capture Victor Hugues’s seventy-fours, and Lapwing seizes a French privateer. Also included is political dispatches on a court-martial, prisoner transfers, Irish unrest, murders, and public safety measures in Wexford and Kilcullen.
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Fort Royal
Martinico
Sept. A
Whitby
St. Pierre’s
Anguilla
Tortola
Prince of Wales
Admiral Harvey
Dlose
Cow Island
Brigs
Adm
Harvey
Truscot
Naval Hospital
Mr. T
Victor Hugues
Guadaloupe
Fort Royal Bay
St. Martin’s
St. Bartholomew’s