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Alliance prospects linger in Count Gen's correspondence
In a dense Civil War era letter from Count Gen to Mr. F-n, dated December 1738 at St Petersbourg, the writer discusses British-Russian alliance talks, British naval cooperation, and how cabinet secrecy and under agents may shape the overtures. The piece also includes local country news from Bristol and Canary, detailing court sentences, executions, and notable deaths.
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Opie
Great Britain
Rusia
Petersbourg
Lam
Sir
London
John Talvor
Brecon
Talbot
Richard Pottinger
Deceas
Nathaniel Mickelthwaite
Turky Company
Aleppo
King-Street
St. James’s Square
William Culpeper
Duke of Roxburgh
Buckingham
Princess Carolina
Chester
Tryal
Portsmouth
James
Christopher
Graham
Sicily
Amsterdam
Anne
John
Curling
Boston
Haddock
Brest
George Car
Newgate
Col. de Veil
Deleney
Middlesex
His Majesty’s Court
King’s Bench