Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumes 66-67Pub. for J. Hinton, 1780 |
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... Captain Williamfon , Aid de camp to General Cadogan , with the news of the barrier treaty being figned , bringing ... Captain Lockhart , brother to Lockhart of Cornwarth , the Author of the Memoirs of Scotland ; Nairn and Lockhart ...
... Captain Williamfon , Aid de camp to General Cadogan , with the news of the barrier treaty being figned , bringing ... Captain Lockhart , brother to Lockhart of Cornwarth , the Author of the Memoirs of Scotland ; Nairn and Lockhart ...
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... Captain had thrown but few , when the rebels aban- doned the town , fearing , as they said , the Captain , after his cannonading , would at- tempt to land ; and their number was not fufficient to defend the place .. Upon notice of the ...
... Captain had thrown but few , when the rebels aban- doned the town , fearing , as they said , the Captain , after his cannonading , would at- tempt to land ; and their number was not fufficient to defend the place .. Upon notice of the ...
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... Captain Andres de Viana . The enemy had one man killed , and three wounded : the Tartar none . Captain Pafley , of his Majesty's ship the Sybil , in bis letter dated in the Tagus , the 20th of November , 1779 , gives an ac- count of his ...
... Captain Andres de Viana . The enemy had one man killed , and three wounded : the Tartar none . Captain Pafley , of his Majesty's ship the Sybil , in bis letter dated in the Tagus , the 20th of November , 1779 , gives an ac- count of his ...
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... Captain was ill , by • which both ship and cargo were seised by the French , and difpofed of by them . He was committed to the Poultry Compter for further examination . Admiralty - office , Jan. 3. Capt . Mar- * shall , of his Majetty's ...
... Captain was ill , by • which both ship and cargo were seised by the French , and difpofed of by them . He was committed to the Poultry Compter for further examination . Admiralty - office , Jan. 3. Capt . Mar- * shall , of his Majetty's ...
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... Captain Clerke , of his Majesty's floop the Resolu- tion , in a letter to Mr. Stephens , dated the 8th of June 1779 , in the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul , Kampscatka , which was received yesterday , gives the melan- choly account ...
... Captain Clerke , of his Majesty's floop the Resolu- tion , in a letter to Mr. Stephens , dated the 8th of June 1779 , in the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul , Kampscatka , which was received yesterday , gives the melan- choly account ...
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