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European conflicts and local notices from a 18th century diary
News briefs report French and Dutch mail arrivals, skirmishes at Hieres, and casualties on both sides. Notices cover Naples obituaries, Medici sequestrations, Bohemian troop movements, and Swedish politics. Local events include marriages, deaths, arrests of smugglers, and ship losses with captures by Spanish privateers and English ships. High water marked at London Bridge in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hieres
Naples
Cardinal Fini
Sacred College
House of Medicis
Noenberg
Prince Lobrowitz
Egra
Waldnurn
Waidhausen
Bohemia
Fyra
Amberg
Rais
Lambeth
Norvil
Moorfields
Sutton
Haimmermith
Spoo
Cherry-Garden- Stairs
Captain Gallop
West India Service
Laft
Little Moorfields
Richard Stamp
Excise Office
Howard
Dedham
Essex
Kendrick
St. Margaret’s
Westminster Abbey
Barnard
Rochester
Hyde Park
Henry Denny
Wimbleton
Surrey
Wandsworth Common
Orchard
London
North Carolina
St. Pedro
Baptista
Ransun
Plymouth
Partridge
Bigg
Maryland
Golden Fleece
Baffler
Villa Nova
Happy Molly
Naylor
Cork
Antigua
Mary
Kitclan
Streights
Algozite