Mail from Frances from Paris reports military and political updates
The May 4 letter from Paris notes the third augmentation of the Republics troops, reformed officers, and new corps drafts. It mentions Vienna subsidies to Hungary, pressure on Austria, and Broglio marching toward Egra. Corsica reports arms seizures, oaths for gunsmiths, and ongoing rebellions, with dispatches on fleet movements and port arrivals in Dartmouth and Dover.
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de Reisbhach
Vienna
Hungary
Republick
Charles the Sixth
Europe
Bohemia
Genoa
Bastia
Corsica
Cleiter
Pieve
Orezza
Spinola
Batitia
Iolacci
Caraconi
Rostino
Royal and civic notices in London and trade news
Appointments and resignations fill military and corporate ranks as Capt Noel becomes Colonel and Lt Williamson advances. East India Company names Sir John Salter and Harry Gough as chairman and deputy chairman. Obituaries record deaths in Croydon Mitcham and St James's Square. Maritime news notes a ship retaken near Plymouth, a privateer engagement, a fire at a painter's house, convict transport to America, and diverse imports exports with fuel wine brandy and textiles. High water at London Bridge timed.
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London
Noel
Foot-Guards
Earl of Berkley
Williamson
The
East India Company
John Salter
Harry Gough
Croydon
Mulls
Mitcham
Surrey
Archbishop of Canterbury
Metcalf
Southwark
Governor Shute
St. Jaimes’square
Mediterranean
Bond
Jamaica
Bristol
Hector-Mar
Plymouth
Tartar Park
Legg
Oram
Queen{treet
Golden Square
Damag
Newgate
Oporto
Lisbon
Dunkirk
Guernsey
Holland
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Tuursday
Frances
Paris 4-La-Main
Hague
Copeland
Port News
Dartmouth
Joyce
Penny
Ireland
Newfoundland
Nathaniél
Scot
Ditto
Scipio
Portsmouth
Hastings
Lucy
M‘kenzie
Dover
Pheniz
Humphries
Amsterdam
Emworth
Rotterdam
Speedwell
Laws
Scarborough
Sieff
Arundel
Norway
Arriv
North River
Wilsham
Carolina
Gravesend
Martha
Lee
William and Mary Yatcht
Perry
Curtis
Scotland
Edinburgh
Robert Craigie
Tain
Dingwal
John Samuel
Potterow
Pentland
Tolbooth
Newcastle
Sunderland
Wilkinson
Banks
Tucker
Hopewell
Whitby
Smallwood
Lambert
Lumbey Castle
Simpson
Copeland and Dent
London Bridge
South Sea
Sadlers-Wells
Asadler
WELLS
New-River Head
Mademoiselle Kerman
Mont Dominique
Kerman
Williams
Heemskirke
Brett
Mons. Dumont
Mons. Baudouin
Davenport
Newton
Ofbeldiston
Rayner
Bullock
Lafont
Philips
Bath
Lamb
Red Lion-Street
Holbourn
James Simes
Vaux-Hall
Cox
Bookfeller
Royal Exchange
Stagg
Westminster-Hall
Norice
T Hall
Eileven
Writiam Church
Star and Garter
Pall-Mall
Essex-Street
Strand
Samuel Child
Temple-Bar
Thal
James Figgins
Wimbledon
Kingston
Thomas Rowsell
James Hopkins
Marine Coffee
Birchin-Lane
Mapleton
His Majesty’s Army
John Millan
Admiralty Office
Royal Navy
Inigo Jones
Cadiere and
Girard
Melvil
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