An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 3 July referred to the latest letters received from England. At London arrived commandeur Wilkin with the Triton. He left the ice on 29 May with just one whale forced to return while his ship was damaged. He supplied more details about the results of other Greenland whalers: Alexander 3 whales, Joung Eagle 1 whale, Henretta 2 whales, Londen 2 whales, Duke of Bedfort 1 whale, Royal Bounty 1 whale, Unicorn 1 whale, Endeavour 1 whale, Lyon 1 whale, Lively 2 whales, Providence 1 whal, Thee Brothers 2 whales, Somerset 1 whale, Brittain 6 whales, Dolphyn 3 whales, Ann 2 whales, Henry and Mary 5 whales already arrived and as homeport Whitby. In the harbour of Jarmouth 2 snows with 2 whales and the 3 whalers of Hull just one whale.
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