Oran siege reports and European dispatches in late November notes
Letters from Oran describe a convoy of Valencia troops and 300 sick being shipped to Alicant, six ships and four frigates patrolling the bay to deter Algiers corsairs, while Moors fortify for a renewed siege. Ireland’s Colonel Lacy and Arragon troops rallied, repelling 1500 enemy horse. the king's Dresden arrival and Cracow Diet intrigues also accompany broader European notices.
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Ovr
Oran
Valencia
Alicant
Algiers
Marquis de Santa Cruz
Jaft
Arragon
Lacy
Mr. Lacy
Ireland
France
Aid-de-Camp
N.S
Dresden
M.poniatowski
Czartorski
Lithuania
Balski Jablonowski
Cujavia
Dyet
Chelm
Westminster School Feast and Terence Comedy at Westminster
London reports the Annual Feast of Westminster School with a grand display by distinguished figures including the Duke. In the evening scholars staged Terence’s The Eunuch to great applause, reflecting the period’s cultural events.
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Westminster School
Terence
John Sharp Esq
Newington
John Molesworth
County of Cornwall
Lord Molesworth
Monseur Latell
Hay- Market
Cockpit
Whitehall
John, King Esq
Duncomb
Auction notice for old ordnance stores in London
February 6, 1732-3 notice to principal officers of the Ordnance announcing sale by auction at ten o'clock in the forenoon on Thursday the fifteenth instant. Parcels include muskets bayonets tarred rope poleaxes files match Swords and other old unserviceable stores viewable at the Office of Ordnance in the Lower, London. Printed lists of lots will be delivered on request.
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His Majesty’s Ordnance
Office of Ordnance
London
Sale of Earl of Ranelach Estates at Chelsea 1732
Trustees under Act of Parliament announce the sale of the late Earl of Ranelach's estate in Chelsea Middlesex. The freehold mansion Our Houses gardens and lands will be sold whole or in parcels by Cantor Auction on February 28 1732 at ten in the forenoon at the Great House in New Palace Yard Westminster. Details and sale conditions with a plan available daily at the Mansion House and at Mr Betley's office Norfolk Street Strand.
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Earl of Ranelach
Chelsea
Middlesex
New Palace Yard
Westminster Hall
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N. S
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Palatinate
Zator
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M. Czarinski
Palatinate of Cracow
Ae Hamburgh
Fan
Petersburg
Holstein
Copenhagen
East-India Company
Indies
Germany
Frankfort
Bavaria
Manheim
Bon
Munich
Electoral
Saltzburg
Holland
Hague
Bois-le- Duc
Baron de Frieschein
Foot
Heusden
Count Hompesch
Swan and Hoop
Cornhill
South Sea
India
Royal Assurance Reg
London Assurance
Robert Eaton
Dofor
Garraway
Royal ‘Exchange
Pat Potter
Bacholomew Close
John Mears
Golden Vial
Ludgate Hill
James
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