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; ...
Center of Bridgetown, Barbados, Devastated by Fire, 1756
"Extract of a Letter from Barbadoes, Feb. 14 [1756]. On Sunday the 8th instant, between Seven and Eight in the Evening, a Fire broke out from a Store house belonging to Joseph Blackman, Esq; near the Middle ...
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 ...
