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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Letters from Bristol via Capt. Nelson report expectations of war proclamation against Spain in London by late June 1740, though not yet by August 8. Intense sailor impressment ongoing. On July 7, Admiralty commissioned several warships and armed bomb ketches to join Admiral Haddock in the Mediterranean.
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On Saturday last arriv'd here, Capt. Nelson, from Bristol; by whom there are Letters of the 8th and 29th of June, which say, they expect War will be proclaimed in London, against Spain, the next Day: But Capt. Nelson did not leave Bristol 'til the 8th of August, and War was not then proclaimed. That there was a very hot Press for Sailors, in the several Sea-ports; and that 150 Men were press'd at London, in one Night.
The Seventh of July there was held a Board of Admiralty, when the Lenox of 70 Guns, the Lyon and the Superb of 60 Guns, and the Portland of 50 Guns, were put into Commission; and the following Bomb Ketches were taking in their Carriage Guns, Swivels and Mortars at Woolwich, viz. the Salamander, the Terrible, and the Alderney; and were to sail with the Worcester, Defiance, Stafford and Oxford of 50 Guns, in order to join Admiral Haddock in the Mediterranean.
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London
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8th And 29th Of June; Seventh Of July; 8th Of August
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150 men pressed in london in one night; ships commissioned and armed for mediterranean deployment
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Capt. Nelson arrived from Bristol with letters expecting war proclamation against Spain in London the day after June 29, but not proclaimed by August 8 departure. Hot press for sailors in sea-ports. On July 7, Board of Admiralty commissioned Lenox (70 guns), Lyon and Superb (60 guns), Portland (50 guns); bomb ketches Salamander, Terrible, Alderney armed at Woolwich to sail with Worcester, Defiance, Stafford, Oxford (50 guns) to join Admiral Haddock in Mediterranean.