This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Diplomats and Royal News From October Happenings
Reports from London and Hampton Court detail appointments in the French army in Italy, the Sardinian review of troops, and royal marriages. News covers the Prince of Wales's family, embassy audiences, guards quartering, public celebrations planned in Islington, a building collapse near Bishopsgate, hunting at Sundbury, a desertive stagecoach incident, and a squadron of ships preparing for the Mediterranean to deter invasion. Also noted are a robbery at Chelsea, political hires, and stock prices with forthcoming dividend dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
M. de Fontanieu
Dauphiné
Italy
M. de Harbeuil
France
Turin
Marquis de Maillebois
St. Ildefonso
Hampton Court
Palace Royal
St. James’s
Islington
Princess Royal
Prince of Orange
Bishops Gate
Royal
Prince of Wales
Sundbury Common
Lombard Street
Marsh Gate
Hackney
Mediterranean
Noor
Whitehall
Earl of Waldgrave
Newgate
Devall
Chelsea
the Prince of Orange
Holland
Philip York
Rae
England