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News of Saxony King of Poland spread during London unrest
Letters from Leyplick dated Sept 16 report the Elector of Saxony’s election as King of Poland reached town as the Post left. In London rumors grow of public anger over tobacco duties. mobs in Leominster and Shrewsbury target officials, with violent episodes against a king’s messenger and a local recorder. Additional notes cover court actions, hospital elections, a Bridewell session, a corporal’s desertion, false reports of Portman’s death, and prisoner trials with several transportations and acquittals.
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Amsterdam
N.S
Elector of Saxony
Poland
Bridewell
Serjeant Arling
Shelden
Lamb
Richard Brocas
Alderman Parsons
France
North
Horflydown
Radford
West- Indies
Fenchurch-street
St. Albans
Savoy
Portman