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Diplomatic letter praising Florentine loyalty to new ruler
From Brussels and Florence the letter from the Florence Senate pledges fidelity to the Duke of Lorraine as sovereign, recalling two centuries of loyal governance and requesting continued prerogatives. Brussels reports the archduchess to govern the Austrian Netherlands for three more years, with preparations for her court and a tentative return of the Count de Harrach as prime minister. In London, naval and trade updates mix with political notes, including promotions, arrests, and commodious rumors about incendiaries and foreign influence.
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John Gaston
Royal House of Medicis
Brussels
Netherlands
Count de Harrach
Vienna
Houthold
Duke of Lorrain
Houfhold
Mons
Tuscany
Count Dé Richecourt
Saint Gudule
Niffa
London
Petersbourg
War-Office
Cronstradt
Lubeck
Granada
Europe
Russia
Porte
Lorrain
Diet
Ratisbon
Don Philip
Spain
Paris
M. Herault
Battile
M. de Montgeron
London-Bridge
West
Countess of
Hull
John Thomas
Edmund Thomas, Bart
Vaughan
Col. Collumbine
Burgoyne
Efy
Thomas
Life Guards
Taft
Hyde’ Park
Peters
Gabriel Bilfoh
Mark Kerr
Draons
Stocks Market
Rotherhithe
Idle
Holland
Portugal
Ireland