Union and Empire Edicts Amid Continental Turmoil
A garbled multi-section text discusses marital duties and family harmony framed as natural law, then shifts to political decrees. It covers Rome’s integration with the French Empire, administrative divisions, and roles, followed by foreign affairs notes about Chesapeake and U S relations, and a France Holland note on maritime policy and war measures. The document includes proclamations from Cambaceres and Can ning, with notes on naval blockades and neutral rights amid European upheaval.
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Iris
Chidren
Baron de Roel
Holland
France
Minjesty
Europe
England
Bors
Marseilles
Bordeaux
Antwerp
Russia
Prussia
Sweden
Berlin
Ceuta Taken by British Forces in Gibraltar Region
Despatches from Constantinople confirm Ceuta has been seized by two British battalions from Gibraltar with Spanish consent. Ceuta’s port gives full control of both sides of the straits and Mediterranean ingress. March 7 reports the arrest of Cadiz based Supreme Junta members for suspected treachery.
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Foreign Office
Constantinople
Gibraltar
Ceuta
Toulon
Mediterranean
Supreme Junta
Cadiz
Senate Adopts Senatus Consultum Under Arch Chancellor
Paris reports that at two o'clock this day the Senate assembled under the presidency of the Prince Arch Chancellor of the Empire and adopted the following Senatus Consultum.
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Paris
Senate
Prince Arch
Emperor Napoleon Binds with Archduchess Maria Louisa
A Paris courier confirms the marriage contract between Emperor Napoleon and Archduchess Maria Louisa. Joy spreads in Vienna as bank bills rise from 10 to 100 by noon. The prince of Neuchatel is due March 2 for ten days of ceremonies, with the couple departing Vienna March 14. The French Emperor sends a Gobelin tapestry as a gift.
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Rome
Department of
Trafimene
Notre Dame
Paris
St. Peter
Rene
Napoleon
Empire
Sacred College
Cambaceres
Prince Arche
Francois Jancourt
Cornet
Count Laplace
Senate
Vienna
Maria Louisa
Prince of
State Paper Correspondence Between Cann ing and Erskine 1809
Dispatch from Mr. Secretary Canning to Hon. David M. Erskine dated January 23 1809 is laid before Parliament. The letter notes serious government attention to the communications from American sources about political relations between Great Britain and the United States. It acknowledges a conciliatory tone described by individuals in the American government and discussed in those dispatches.
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Jefferson
America
United States
Chesapeake
Rose
Great Britain
France
Madison
Admiral Berkeley
Barron
Norfolk
Pinkney
Canning
D. M. Erskine
David M. Erskine
Foreign Office
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Dalmatia
Seville
Belluno
Joseph
Berkeley
George Canning
Ministry For Foreign Affairs
Tilsit
Copenhagen
London
State Paper
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