Remarks on Hague Letters About Britain and France War Plans
A reader submits notes from a Hague letter dated August claiming France plans to attack British dominions and force Britain into war. The writer urges a strong British reply to preserve liberty, warns of French aims in Europe, and emphasizes self preservation if diplomacy fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Tran- Parabhase
Jciive
M. van Hoey
France
Great Britain
Versailles
Europe
America
Cardinal de Fleury
Britain
Prussia
PORT NEWS DEAL AUGUST 26 ARRIVALS AND SAILINGS
PORT NEWS reports ships sailing or arriving on August 26. Mapped are His Majesty's Dolphin and Lyme returning to sail, Charm ing Molly and Hope from St Kitts and Oporto, plus several ships from Topsham Bourdeaux Narva Bremen Stockholm Gottenberg Petersbourg and Oporto. Various vessels pass Dover Gravesend with shipments bound for Hambourg North Bergen Whitby Newcastle Amsterdam and Orleans.
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Bourdeaux
North-Bergen
Brown
St. Martin’s
Norway
Whitby
Bradford
Newcastle
Shoreham
Philip
Manning
Bayonne
Amsterdam
Gravesend
Prince Frederick
Mary
Forest
London
Wills
Anne
Dobius
Hanson
Henricus
Bringmar
Bremen
Mourning Changes Parts of Court Following Queen of Sardinia Death
Royal notices order mourning adjustments for peers and ladies with black attire while men keep black. court events include Admiralty reshuffles and fleet logistics. Reports detail a Yorke street plumber’s fatal accident, a tea seizure, prisoner exchange hopes, and various international shipping tensions as England negotiates embargos and alliances.
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London
Duke of Grafton
Sardinia
Board of Admiralty
Slaughter
Argyle
Rate
Lingen
Elizabeth
Durell
Deceas
Jamaica
Nore
France
Royal Yards
Admiralty
Jacob Ackworth
Plymouth
Thomson
Wood-street
Kennington Lane
Williams
Greenhithe
Roaul
Lugo
Galicia
Stockholm
Britain
Sweden
Russia
Francis Vincent Eigeldert
Henry Vincent, Bart
Royal Chapel
Kensington
Kilmaine
James Hall
Cohn Penny
Clement’s Inn
Atteiape
Taylor
Oporto
Dunkirk
New- England
Maryland
Hambourg
Bremen
New-York
Pensylvania
New England
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The
Daily Post
Port News
Hallam
Ion
Bartholomew Fair
Goodman’s Fields
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