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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 ...

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Earthquake at Port-au-Prince, June 3, 1770

“Account of the Late Terrible Earthquake at Hispaniola. Newport [Rhode Island], July 2 [1770]. Last Thursday arrived the Brig Revenge, Capt. Evan Malbone, in 19 Days, from Nichola Mole, on Hispaniola, and Yesterday arrived the Brig Polly, Capt. ...

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