Channel-Islands Privateer in Action off the Coast of France, 1757
Extract of a letter from Jersey, dated on board the Charming-Nancy Privateer of that Island, Captain Winter, who has been out about three Weeks. “We have brought in here a French Privateer of six Carriage Guns, 14 Swivels, and 50 Men; ...
King George the First’s Proclamation Against Trading with the French at Jamaica, 1720
JAMAICA. By the King. A Proclamation. Whereas we have received frequent Complaints from Merchants and Planters trading to, and interested in our Island of Jamaica, that an illegal Trade is carried on between our Subjects of our said Island, ...
Admiral Cotes and British Naval Operations in the Caribbean, 1757
LONDON. “Extracts of two Letters from Vice-Admiral [Thomas] Cotes, Commander in Chief of his Majesty’s Ships at Jamaica, to Mr. [John] Cleveland, dated the 5th and 31st of December, 1757. ‘The 20th of November his majesty’s ship Assistance chaced a ...
Officers and Men of HMS Greenwich at Cape François, 1757
[caption id="attachment_821" align="alignnone" width="520" caption="Cape Francois, 1759"][/caption] “Kingston [Jamaica], June 4. Tuesday Evening arrived at Port-Royal, Mr. Perin Trott, late Surgeon’s Mate of the Greenwich, from Cape-Francois. He escaped by breaking the Goal there, on the 18 ult. in Company with ...
