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... frigates , & c . with five thousand three hundred and three foldiers on board ; but loft feveral of the tranf- port ships , and eight hundred and eighty offi- cers , foldiers and seamen by the delays he met with in New England , from ...
... frigates , & c . with five thousand three hundred and three foldiers on board ; but loft feveral of the tranf- port ships , and eight hundred and eighty offi- cers , foldiers and seamen by the delays he met with in New England , from ...
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... frigates , at Toulon , and " that the faid armament would at latest be ready " to fail very early in the fpring , 1756 . Refolved , " THAT it appears to this committee , that on " the fourth of February 1756 , in a letter from " Mr ...
... frigates , at Toulon , and " that the faid armament would at latest be ready " to fail very early in the fpring , 1756 . Refolved , " THAT it appears to this committee , that on " the fourth of February 1756 , in a letter from " Mr ...
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... frigates , floops , and armed fhips , cruizing on " the following ftations ; that is to fay , three " under Sir Edward Hawke , one off Breft , two " off the isle of Bafs , four off Cape Barfleur , " fourteen under admiral Smith , two at ...
... frigates , floops , and armed fhips , cruizing on " the following ftations ; that is to fay , three " under Sir Edward Hawke , one off Breft , two " off the isle of Bafs , four off Cape Barfleur , " fourteen under admiral Smith , two at ...
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... frigates , floops , and yachts , fitted and fitting " for the fea , the complements of which seven- " teen amounted to 2405 men , of which 1508 were borne , and 1320 mustered . < Refolved , " THAT it appears by the laft returns from ...
... frigates , floops , and yachts , fitted and fitting " for the fea , the complements of which seven- " teen amounted to 2405 men , of which 1508 were borne , and 1320 mustered . < Refolved , " THAT it appears by the laft returns from ...
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... frigates , and one floop ; and " that the garrifon of fort Saint Philip , in the " faid month of December , according to the last " returns , made the 3 1ft of July 1755 , consisted " of 2860 men ( officers included ) and that it " doth ...
... frigates , and one floop ; and " that the garrifon of fort Saint Philip , in the " faid month of December , according to the last " returns , made the 3 1ft of July 1755 , consisted " of 2860 men ( officers included ) and that it " doth ...
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