Revolution in Russia Reported Amid Palace Crackdown
Letters from Amsterdam describe Elizabeth seizing the throne after a guards mutiny in St. Petersburg. Troops mass, arrests occur, and a manifesto proclaims her as Empress. The empress plans to favor natives, remove many great officers, and secure loyalty across ministries while signaling peace with Sweden and caution toward foreign courts.
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Persia
Turin
Madrid
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Bavaria
Port News: Arrivals and Movements in Gravesend and Yarmouth
Port notices record Dover and the Dutch East-India Ship along with the Benjamin and Pidgeon bound for Port Mallon. Ellis from Falmouth arrives at Gravesend on December 21, while Sarah from Amsterdam and the John and Hannah from Riga reach Yarmouth Road. Lydia from Gothenburg for Elias Run in Haysbrough Sands escaped and went off.
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Riga
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Gottenbourg
Elias Run
Haysbrough Sands
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