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Political Currents and Royal Succession in 1741 Europe
The piece surveys European power shifts and debates sparked by the death of a monarch, pondering Bourbon and Habsburg ambitions, Pragmatic Sanction guarantees, and France’s suspected duplicity. It also notes a New Year ode to George II, naval manpower needs, and assorted London notices including a ship prize, weather, and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Daily Gazetteer
Spain
Europe
France
Vienna
Daily Post
Tuscany
Russia
Peter the Great
Savoy
Sardinia
Don Carlos
Milaneze
Parma
Placentia
Don Philip
Danube
Poland
House of Bourbon
Colley Cibber
Poet-Laurent
Dr. Green
Band of
St. James’s
Lord Suridon
St. James
Legberg
St. Sebastian’s
Dorothy
Trounce
London
Mittha
Willsrs
Bremen
Mary Sparkes
Southwark
Robert Lacey
William Cross
Stockholm
Portugal
Bours Deaux
Dunkirk
Jamaica
Antigua
Cork
East-India
Oporto
Flanders
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Westminster
Perceval
Charles Edwin