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Extract from Salisbury Journal 28th April 1746. Captain Webb, Commander of his Majesty's Sloop the "Jamaica" captured the "Portillion" Privateer and found on board Captain Mackrill of Poole and three of his men.
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Museum Ref No: PEO B/ ROGCruising Voyage Round the World by Captain Woodes Rogers(The Seafarers' Library), first published in 1712, published by Cassell and Company Ltd., 1928. Illus.
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Museum Ref No: PEO B/ ROGCruising Voyage Round the World, with a new introduction by Percy G. Adams, published by Dover Publications, Inc., 1970. Account by Woodes Rogers. Illus. SBN 486 22304 3
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Extract from the Salisbury Journal of 21st June 1756.The Fox; privateer; ready for cruise. Mr T. Spurrier dies. Miss Nairn marries Dr Jackson. Hessians visit.
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Extract from Salisbury Journal of 2nd August 1756. Fox - a Poole privateer captures two French brigs.
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Transcription of an entry in the Salisbury Journal of 18th October 1756.
The ship sent into Poole by the "Fox", appears to be the Bristol Packet, "Goodwing", bound from Piscataqua to Biddeford, laden with Boards, Fish, Oil and Masts etc, taken by the French the 5th inst. in Lat. 46 14 Long 7.
Piscataqua may be on the N.E. coast of the American colonies (DW)
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Transcription of extract from Salisbury Journal 14th August 1739 reads: "By a letter from Pool dated the 6th instant we have an account that the "Samuel and Hannah", Captain Vallis, who arrived there that day from London, met with a French Man of War off Beachy and another off Fairlight standing to the eastward. He supposed them to be ships of 50 guns."
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Salisbury Journal of 13th December 1756 recorded that:
The Guernsey Privateers have great success.
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Museum Ref No: PLA 942.337Account of the heroic deeds of Captain Peter Jolliffe and William Thompson in History of the Town and County of Poole by John Sydenham, Poole, Sydenham, 1839 Pages 139-140
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Transcription of extract from Salisbury Journal 4th September 1739 reads: "Pool. "The Three Friends" John Barret is arrived at Lisbon from San Sebastien. The Captain reports that he met with 5 sail men of war cruising off Cape Finister under the command of Sir Chalaner Ogle, who had taken a vessel of about 200 tons with Genoese colours, laden with ammunition etc for the Spanish in Galicia."
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