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Plot to Set Fire to Portsmouth Dock Yard Exposed
An informant describes a plan to fire the Portsmouth Dock Yard by introducing two priests and four French gentlemen to the Yard. He details meetings at the Fountain and Blue Posts, payments of one hundred and two hundred guineas, and a voyage toward France after the scheme, ending with his arrival near Gosport.
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Portmouth
Cape
Hickey
Fareham
Mile
Gosport
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India Arms
Capt. Hickey
Spithead
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Sea of Wight
France
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Hospital